Many bible thumper crusades are due to mistranslations. When they talk about ‘sexual immorality’ they are really translating πορνεία which means forced prostitution. Translation is also risky:

In 1631, Barker pounded out another poorly edited King James Bible. Unfortunately for him, it would prove to be his last. Smack dab in the middle of the 10 Commandments (Exodus 20:14) — one of the Bible’s most integral passages — the publisher omitted one crucial word: “not.”

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