[GraceChristianChat] Man sues Zondervan to change anti-gay reference in Bible

[Charles Sawyer]

http://www.mlive.com/news/grpress/index.ssf?/base/news-42/121560935360960.xml&coll=6

Wednesday, July 09, 2008The Grand Rapids Press

CASCADE TOWNSHIP -- A Canton man is suing Zondervan Publishing and a
Tennessee-based publisher, claiming their versions of the Bible that
refer to homosexuality as a sin violate his constitutional rights and
have caused him emotional pain and mental instability.

Bradley LaShawn Fowler, 39, is seeking $60 million from Zondervan,
based in Cascade Township, and $10 million from Thomas Nelson
Publishing in the lawsuits filed in U.S. District Court for the
Eastern District of Michigan.

Fowler filed the suit against Zondervan on Monday, the same day U.S.
District Judge Julian Abele Cook Jr. refused to appoint an attorney to
represent him in his case against Thomas Nelson, a Tennessee
publisher.

Fowler filed a suit against Thomas Nelson in June. He is representing
himself in both claims.

"The Court has some very genuine concerns about the nature and
efficacy of these claims," the judge wrote.

Fowler alleges Zondervan's Bibles referring to homosexuality as a sin
have made him an outcast from his family and contributed to physical
discomfort and periods of "demoralization, chaos and bewilderment."

The intent of the publisher was to design a religious, sacred document
to reflect an individual opinion or a group's conclusion to cause "me
or anyone who is a homosexual to endure verbal abuse, discrimination,
episodes of hate, and physical violence ... including murder," Fowler
wrote.

Fowler's suit claims Zondervan's text revisions from a 1980s version
of the Bible include, and then delete the reference to homosexuality
without informing the public of the changes.

The other suit, against Thomas Nelson and its New King James Bible,
mirrors the allegations made against Zondervan.



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