WOOD TV in Grand Rapids reports that Bradley Fowler is claiming 20 years of emotional distress because his family’s pastor used  a translation of the Bible published by Zondervan which uses the word “homosexual” in its translation of 1 Corinthians 6:9.  As a result Bradley claims his family considered him a sinner and he suffered.

Zondervan issued a statement saying that it doesn’t translate the Bible, it only publishes the Bible. The translations are determined by a committee of qualified scholars.

The suit was filed on Tuesday, July 7 in federal court in Detroit. Will a federal court actually go so far as to get involved in what words can be used in the translation of a sacred text?