Sad. :-( This is a bit how I felt when Al Gore got divorced. I don't always agree with them politically, but I felt they were sincere, and I wished them well.
E On Oct 17, 2012, at 10:45 AM, [email protected] wrote: > > > > > World magazine > > > > > > Warren Cole Smith > King's crisis > Religion | After a meteoric rise in the evangelical world, The King’s College > president Dinesh D’Souza now faces his board’s likely questions about his > relationship to a woman not his wife > > > About 2,000 people gathered on Sept. 28 at First Baptist North in > Spartanburg, S.C., to hear high-profile Christians speak on defending the > faith and applying a Christian worldview to their lives. Among the speakers: > Eric Metaxas, Josh McDowell, and—keynote speaker for the evening—best-selling > author, filmmaker, and Christian college president Dinesh D’Souza. > > D’Souza’s speech earned him a standing ovation and a long line at the > book-signing table immediately afterward. Although D’Souza has been married > for 20 years to his wife, Dixie, in South Carolina he was with a young woman, > Denise Odie Joseph II, and introduced her to at least three people as his > fiancée. > > > Finally, near 11 p.m., event organizer Tony Beam escorted D’Souza and Joseph > to the nearby Comfort Suites. Beam noted that they checked in together and > were apparently sharing a room for the night in the sold-out hotel. The next > morning, around 6 a.m., Beam arrived back at the hotel and called up to > D’Souza’s room. “We’ll be down in 10 minutes,” D’Souza told Beam. D’Souza and > Joseph came down together, and Beam took them to the airport. > The next day another conference organizer, Alex McFarland, distressed by > D’Souza’s behavior, confronted him in a telephone conversation. D’Souza > admitted he shared a room with his fiancée but said “nothing happened.” When > I called D’Souza, he confirmed that he was indeed engaged to Joseph, but did > not explain how he could be engaged to one woman while still married to > another. When asked when he had filed for divorce from his wife, Dixie, > D’Souza answered, “Recently.” > > According to San Diego County (Calif.) Superior Court records, D’Souza filed > for divorce only on Oct. 4, the day I spoke with him. Under California law, > that starts the clock on a six-month waiting period for divorce. D’Souza on > Oct. 4 told me his marriage was “over,” said he “is sure Denise is the one > for me,” and said he had “done nothing wrong.” > > The episode is a strange twist in D’Souza’s otherwise meteoric rise in the > evangelical world. He developed a reputation among evangelicals with a string > of best-sellers, including The Roots of Obama’s Rage, which spawned a movie, > > Obama: 2016, which has now grossed more than $30 million. He broke into the > Christian conference and megachurch market in 2007 with the release of a book > that year, What’s So Great About Christianity. > D’Souza now receives speaking fees sometimes in excess of $10,000 from > Christian groups, putting him in the top tier of Christian speakers. In 2010 > he became president of The King’s College, New York City, which is supported > by Campus Crusade for Christ, now called Cru. At that time he moved from > California to New York, with his wife staying in California. > > D’Souza said King’s board chairman Andy Mills has known about his marital > trouble for at least two years. Mills confirmed that through a spokesman, > Mark DeMoss, who added that Mills was “hopeful about restoration and both he > [D’Souza] and Andy were praying to that end.” DeMoss said The King’s College > board met by conference call to begin “looking into the situation.” D’Souza > participated in a portion of that call, DeMoss said. Following that meeting, > on Oct. 15, D’Souza wrote in a text message to me: “I have decided to suspend > the engagement.” > > The King’s board plans further discussion at a regularly scheduled meeting on > Oct. 17 and 18, DeMoss said. > > This article will appear in the Nov. 3 issue of WORLD Magazine. > > > -- > Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community > <[email protected]> > Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism > Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org -- Centroids: The Center of the Radical Centrist Community <[email protected]> Google Group: http://groups.google.com/group/RadicalCentrism Radical Centrism website and blog: http://RadicalCentrism.org
