The key misinterpretation he points to is 1 Corinthians 6:9, where the word 'homosexual' is used in translations published by the companies as part of a list of 'wicked' people who will not inherit the kingdom of heaven.
He claims that these companies have deliberately caused gay people to suffer by misinterpretation of the Bible. Mr Fowler is seeking $70m in damages from Zondervan Publishing Co. Bradley LaShawn Fowler, a gay man living in Michigan, i s suing two of America's biggest Christian publishers because, he says, their published translations of the Bible have caused him 'mental distress'.
