A homosexual man has filed a $70 million lawsuit against Bible publishers Zondervan and Thomas Nelson, alleging that their version of the Bible that refers to homosexuality as a sin violates his constitutional rights and has caused him emotional distress.
Bradley LaShawn Fowler, an ex-con turned author, filed the federal suit in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Michigan on Monday, the same day a judge refused to appoint him a lawyer for his suit against Thomas Nelson, The Grand Rapids Press reported.
“The Court has some very genuine concerns about the nature and efficacy of these claims,” the judge wrote.
Fowler, who is representing himself in both cases, claims that Zondervan manipulated Scripture by using the term “homosexuals” in 1 Corinthians 6:9 of their 1982 and 1987 revised edition Bibles. He also contends that the reference to homosexuality were deleted by the publisher in later versions without informing the public.
He alleges that since the older Kings James Version containing the term “homosexuals” is used by his family pastor, he has been outcast by his family.
The 39-year-old is suing the Grand Rapids publisher for compensation of 20 years of “emotional duress and mental instability,” he told WOOD-TV in Grand Rapids.
In a hand-written suit, Fowler lists all sorts of charges against Zondervan including malicious negligence, strict liability, malice, libel, and violating his civil rights. He filed a suit in June against Tennessee-based publisher Thomas Nelson on similar grounds. He’s seeking $60 million from Zondervan and $10 million from Thomas Nelson Publishing.
Zondervan issued a statement to The Christian Post that said they do not discuss ongoing litigation. The company’s spokesperson Tara Powers, however, pointed out that they only publish Bibles, not translate them.
“Since Zondervan does not translate the Bible or own the copyright for any of the translations we publish, we are not in a position to comment on the merits of how a word should or should not be translated,” said Powers.
“We rely on the scholarly judgment of the highly respected and credible translation committees behind each translation and never alter the text of the translations we are licensed to publish. We only publish credible translations produced by credible biblical scholars,” she noted.
According to Fowler, Zondervan has 20 days to respond to the claims listed
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Satan at work in the USA.
God is Man made. Gays a real!!!!!
Burn in hell u bastard (if we could just get all the gays in the world on one island,then we could blow it up
Do you realize how retarded you sound?
Go TO HELL WHERE YOU BELONG!! Viva God Via Jesus. You’ll knash your teeth when u will b cast into the lake of fire!!
And where will you be?
There is no hell you idîots, Living in poverty is hell. Thats why you were brainwashed into worshiping a muzungu’s picture and kept stoopid and ignorant!
TO KEEP YOU POOR SO THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE LOOKING FOR A BETTER LIFE IN A NON EXISTING HEAVEN
Keep on praying to your invisible coward of a god who cannot show himself to you when you need him most.
The bastard must have smoked from the same grass i pissed on.
Indeed………………Satan at work here!
I suppose you believe in a flat earth, is that right? Intellectual kookdom.
Abomination!
The devil is a liar, let Jesus rise and all the enemies scatter.
Pagan jesus is dead and buried never to be seen again.
world ,sad
The end of USA as a superpower is nigh! ba Obama batupapusha! man Bush abapo nabwino when it comes to issues of faith. Jesting Milan agent lay leaving shetani ka! Any God is on the throne.
The end of USA as a superpower is nigh! ba Obama batupapusha! na Bush abapo nabwino when it comes to issues of faith. Kwati nika agent ka kwa shetani ka! Anyway God is on the throne.
Very lazy 39 year old ex convict, njala yamunyokola chamupeleka ku Bible, just find a job ba Fowler.
I should go to USA where freedom is and dress up the way I like without Ba kabova nam a shoko.
these ar the revalations of last days, fellow christians lets be careful
Are you expecting to die soon?
Ama visa yashupafye otherwise ngatwalisa pa USA. Life is the way you live it yourself. Only God can judge.
Which god would that be?
The creator of earth kabumba Lesa wamaka yose. I am sure you all what to go to USA chashupafye and stop calling America names not all people live in it are devil worshipers. Life ngayakosa kushipafye and more prayers.
want i meant
Oh dear dear me… What an awful load of trash
Malabishi!!
America is now shit…wickedness.last day …the nation which was once a christian nation,Zambians lets learn from America.Mugabe is ready to beat the non sense out of you Americans, coz not even a dog can live and behave like that,these are the end results of accepting freemasons to govern you.
Hmmmmmm…. Believing a book is true because said book claims itself as true. “Here we go round in circles”
I hope we as Africans concentrate on our problems facing Africa than putting all eyes in USA which is already a worth country and more than 2000 years old nipatali ba guy.
In the end times, satan will work hard to deceive even the elect of God if it be possible. He will do unexpect things & terrible wonders right in our presence using even world & religious leaders. Take heed that no man deceive you Jesus said.
We all know that the bible is full of rápe, murder, genocide, slavery, and every manner of atrocity –
That’s what real “christians” do!!!
By SAYING Zambia is a christian nation; KAFUPI the GREAT POMPWE meant just that!
You are all brainwashed hypocrites!!!!!
Boy wife the day i will meet you i will teach you the scripture then u will change,i command that evil out of you in the name of JESUS
Lesa ni palobe.
One mans scripture is another mans bullshît!!!
Christianity has been compromised hence all these false prophets. I appreciate the Muslims for they are a strict no nonsense religion, the war between America and the Arab nations is between good and evil.Guess which 1 is which?
I guess the one which killed many people on 911 is evil.
Satana is indeed a piece of shit.Mwebantu im tired of this animal.Leave God’s children alone.
Learn how to spell properly you dunderhead!
The notion of the existence of a ‘sky god’ is bullshît!
Americano no good try china
China may be good for them.
The same aid you are enjoying while having a budget deficit is because of the so called gay America you are hating on. Self sufficiency is what we in the upnd are going to bring. Vote upnd.
Faggot!!!!!!!!!!
Silly fool
Poof
Why this obsession with irrelevance. What consenting adults do in their privacy is there business.
When some politician steals my money (or someone hurts me for that matter) that becomes my business.
we shall all stand before the judgement sit of the creator of the universe. its up to you whether you believe or not the choice is yours.
May fire fall from Heaven and burn his him so that he learns that God is God.
GOD made a Man and HE formed a woman gays and lesbians are demons.
Obama is a freemson & very wicked just like hh
Brainwashed chaps!!!………guess u also believe in the “gay gene”……I might as well believe in a flat earth if we ar playing a make believe type of game
Leave the Bible alone u dog!
https://youtu.be/he0zoW1Uqgk
you must be an embecile child…for you to touch the HOLY BIBLE.INFACT SATAN AND HIS SUPORTERS HAVE SENT YOU IDIOT…
YOU’RE JUST ANOTHER IDÎOT SPITTING BULLCRAP! tsk…tsk
If religious people can have so much hate as all of you bloggers above then it’s a waste of time entering churches and reading bibles. It’s more practical to read books such as mein kampf capitalist nigger africa kuti twaelela lelo teti tulabe and how Europe under developed africa. These books tackle earthly issues rather than imagined stuff
What’s so laughable about religious people is that they all think they know best in their own particular group…
If religion where true, they would all belong to the same religion and not all the different factions that they do…
This is no different to belonging to a different political party…..
My party is better than your party……
My religion is better than your religion…….
Utterly ridiculous !!
U r sick ! I min up stairs !
animals like dogs know the norm of sex is between male and female.gays and lesbians think FAR -LESS than this animals!!same sex (sodomy) is UNFORGIVABLE UNSOCIAL BEHAVIOUR WHICH MUST BE MET WITH PUNITIVE PUNISHMENT
corinth was full of homosexuality & sexual wickednes. Lot hammered de dotas, which end are u tokn abt.
Science agrees with conservative views of marriage and a persons sex… if you`re born male or female, scientifically thats who you are, no amount of surgery will change that.. its insanity to be called Transgender.. its against science , if we`re the superior species and yet start doing things that the most primitive form of life does (amoeba is asexual). not even the great apes our supposed closest relatives exhibit such affront behavior. our solitary goal is procreation and domination, thats why we want to make profits,build and have families. psychologically Homosexuals and Transgenders are INSANE and need help.
maybe this is re-evolution.. keeping my mind open émoticône wink
Learn to check out facts before you show your dunderheadness waumfwa!
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“Homosexual behavior is found amongst social birds and mammals, particularly the sea mammals and the primates.[
Male homosexuality has been inferred in several species of dragonflies. A survey of damsel and dragonflies reveals characteristic cloacal pincher mating damage in 20–80 percent of the males, indicating a fairly high occurrence of sexual coupling between males.”