Nicholas Sparks, the prolific author of romance novels, is facing renewed allegations that he discriminated against gay students at his Christian school in North Carolina. The allegations were firs…
that included substantial new detail, including emails Sparks sent to Benjamin chastising him for his focus on diversity and on the school’s anti-discrimination policy.
“About the non-discrimination policy you keep bringing up: please remember that sexual orientation was NOT in there originally, and that the reason it was added was that YOU insisted it be specifically be [sic] added,” Sparks wrote. “Frankly, no one but you wanted it in there… Please stop implying it was something the [Board Of Trustees] wanted to do, it’s the law…. If possible, we might be able to change it back to what it was before.
A trial is set to be held in August on the remaining issues, including whether Benjamin was defamed or discriminated against due to a perception that he had a mental illness. Sparks told the board that Benjamin had “dementia or Alzheimer’s or something along those lines.”, Sparks said the Daily Beast story recycles old allegations which have been proven false.
On Nov. 17, 2013, Sparks wrote a lengthy email to Benjamin saying he was “angry and frustrated” with how he had handled his first few months on the job. He said that Benjamin had ignored the board’s advice not to “rock the boat” on the diversity issue. He said that continually bringing up the issue “seems to imply that it’s the school’s fault.”
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