Membincang Homoseksualitas: Membangun Sikap Etis Kristiani Terhadap Pelaku Homoseksual

Abstract

Homosexuality is often viewed as deviant and abnormal, and therefore it must be shunned and avoided. The act of staying away from homosexuality has an impact on homosexuals to be stigmatized as sinners and ultimately marginalized by the existing social system, including the church. There is an injustice felt by homosexuals. This issue is the main highlight in this article. By using a qualitative methodology, especially by studying various literatures as material for analysis and then responding to the problems set out in the form of a narrative, the writer tries to build a Christian-ethical attitude towards the perpetrators of homosexuality. The results of the study in this article reveal that ethically - Christians, the practice of homosexuality is an unacceptable act. So, what needs to be considered and rejected is the problem of homosexuality, but this is certainly different when it is faced with homosexuals. The homosexual perpetrators (people) are still human beings who have the same dignity as other humans, they are God's creations who have the right to live and be accepted into life in this world. Therefore, the ethical - Christian attitude of the church in responding to the existence of homosexuals is that they must have the courage to accept them as brothers because their existence as humans is the same, namely as "the image and likeness of God".