Bible Publishing Companies sued for anti-gay References

[DotDotDot]

All I have to say is why are people so sue happy?

[kite]

Originally Posted by DotDotDot

All I have to say is why are people so sue happy?

because you can win multiple times. i don't know if it's the individuals are sue happy or if 'ambulance chasing' lawyers find easy suckers on both sides of the legal fence. either way, it seems like individual vs. cooperation law suits and patent violation suits are on the rise due to out of court settlements and thus people see it as a way of easy money.

[sparkmaster]

Are we forgetting potential 1st Amendment issues? TMN, the Supreme Court has protected all nondangerous speech.

[diapermingus]

Originally Posted by sparkmaster

Are we forgetting potential 1st Amendment issues? TMN, the Supreme Court has protected all nondangerous speech.

No, you're right. Factus and I are right there with you earlier in the thread, though.

Free speech litigation is contentious, and there's a lot of subtleties about free speech in the opinions, but by and large speech that does not pose a clear and present danger is tolerated. There are exceptions for obscenity, but they have consistently been pushed back (for example, James Joyce's Ulysses and Henry Miller's Tropic of Cancer were, at one time, banned in the United States). Speech that deals with philosophical and political ideas is particularly carefully protected, and more is tolerated when the subject is overtly political than might be otherwise (witness the fact that burning the American flag continues to be a legal form of protest).

[Valentine]

Originally Posted by DotDotDot

All I have to say is why are people so sue happy?

It is a get rich quick scheme. The suer is hoping to get an easy payoff.

(Not all, there are legitimate cases out there, but ones like this are just schemes.)

[RainbowMommy]

I say he's over-reacting.

The word 'homosexual" was not coined until the 1880's by a German man, and it was called homosexualitat.

So yeah, they changed it, oh well.

Not every Bible says that, and it's not the publisher's fault people believed it.

Is he going to sue every pastor and preacher that has a sermon about homosexuality as a sin?

I hope he loses.

[Maverick]

I hate to break it to all the Christian homosexuals we have on ADISC, but your religion doesn't accept homosexuality, no matter which way the Bible's interpreted.

Originally Posted by Lev. 18:22

You shall not lie with a male as one lies with a female; it is an abomination.

Originally Posted by Lev. 20:13

If there is a man who lies with a male as those who lie with a woman, both of them have committed a detestable act; they shall surely be put to death. Their bloodguiltness is upon them

Originally Posted by 1 Cor. 6:9-10

Or do you not know that the unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived; neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor homosexuals, nor thieves, nor the covetous, nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor swindlers, shall inherit the kingdom of God.

Originally Posted by Rom. 1:26-28

For this reason God gave them over to degrading passions; for their women exchanged the natural function for that which is unnatural, and in the same way also the men abandoned the natural function of the woman and burned in their desire toward one another, men with men committing indecent acts and receiving in their own persons the due penalty of their error. And just as they did not see fit to acknowledge God any longer, God gave them over to a depraved mind, to do those things which are not proper.

According to Christianity: Homosexuality goes against the natural order created by God. God created Adam and Eve, not Adam and Joe. God has created this and what God creates is right. Most homosexuals don't believe being gay is wrong. Without any awareness of their sinfulness, there will be no repentance and trusting in Jesus. Without Jesus, they will have no forgiveness. Without forgiveness, there is no salvation.

I hope the man loses and the Bible companies win. Although I, personally, am horrified by the Bible, the Bible companies have a right to publish the Bible in any way they want. And just because the Bible hurt the guy's feelings doesn't mean he can sue them for thousands of dollars. Give me a break. I might as well just sue everyone company that makes a book I find offensive.

And by the way, I have no problem with homosexuality. I'm just pointing out what Christianity thinks of it.

[Valentine]

Interesting, my copy of the Bible has a different version of 1 Cor. 6:9-10.

{6:9} Know ye not that the
unrighteous shall not inherit the kingdom of God? Be not deceived:
neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor effeminate, nor
abusers of themselves with mankind, {6:10} Nor thieves, nor covetous,
nor drunkards, nor revilers, nor extortioners, shall inherit the
kingdom of God.

So we come to the part where which is the right translation.

[diapermingus]

Originally Posted by Valentine

Interesting, my copy of the Bible has a different version of 1 Cor. 6:9-10.



So we come to the part where which is the right translation.

Which translations are these from? Just curious here. My copy is in my flat abroad, so I can't lay my hands on it just now.

[Valentine]

That's the standard King James version.
BibleGateway.com - PassageLookup: 1 cor 6:9;

The New King James version changes that, and the 21st Century King James changes it back.

Here's an interesting translation:

1 Corinthians 6:9 (Darby Translation)
9Do ye not know that unrighteous [persons] shall not inherit [the] kingdom of God? Do not err: neither fornicators, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor those who make women of themselves, nor who abuse themselves with men,

This one is kind of funny:

1 Corinthians 6:9 (Worldwide English (New Testament))
9-10Do you not know that bad people will have no part in the kingdom where God rules? Do not be fooled. There are some people who will not have part in that place. They are those who commit adultery of any kind, those who have idols, or steal, or are always wanting more, or talk wrong things about people, or drink plenty of strong drink, or take things by force, or curse

Damn those "bad people."