Homosexuality and the Church

  "Who am I to Judge him."

 The Homosexuality has been subjected on a series of prejudices and stereotyping from the radical Christians. What is Homosexuality? This refers to sexual relations between individuals of the same sex. Men may engage in sexual activities with other men, and women with other women. Homosexuality is a Sexual deviation a form of abnormality, anomaly and aberration by way of sex. “Homosexuality is constitutionally rooted, that homosexuals are born and not conditioned, and that hormonal and/or genetic imbalances cause sexual deviation.” (Ellis 1969:210). It is clearly stated that the Homosexuality is a sexual deviation, Psychological abnormality or simply a Human weakness to be conquer of. Homosexuality is not just an inborn but it can be psycho-socially acquired by the means of condition, learning and influence. 

 In the Bible there are verses that explicitly condemns Homosexuality and been used by the Radical Christians to prejudge and stereotypes people who suffered this Psychological abnormality. Here is the example of a verse from the Bible.

“For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. (Romans 1:26–27 KJV)”

 Does the verse above condemn the Homosexuality generally? Actually the verse above does not condemn Homosexuality generally or as whole, but it is referring to Homosexual act that corrupt and go against Human Nature or Natural Law. Before we condemn and judge the Homosexuals we must consult first to our Catechesis than misquoting the scripture.

 “Homosexuality refers to relations between men or between women who experience an exclusive or predominant sexual attraction toward persons of the same sex. It has taken a great variety of forms through the centuries and in different cultures. Its psychological genesis remains largely unexplained. Basing itself on Sacred Scripture, which presents homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity, tradition has always declared that "homosexual acts are intrinsically disordered." They are contrary to the natural law. They close the sexual act to the gift of life. They do not proceed from a genuine affective and sexual complementarity. Under no circumstances can they be approved. “ -CCC 2357-

The CCC states the same sentiments as the scriptures above that the “Homosexual acts as acts of grave depravity” and “contrary to the Natural law”. It follows a notion at CCC 2358.

"The number of men and women who have deep-seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. This inclination, which is objectively disordered, constitutes for most of them a trial. They must be accepted with respect, compassion, and sensitivity. Every sign of unjust discrimination in their regard should be avoided. These persons are called to fulfill God's will in their lives and, if they are Christians, to unite to the sacrifice of the Lord's Cross the difficulties they may encounter from their condition.” –CCC 2358-

  At the CCC 2358 states that there are number of men and women who have deep seated homosexual tendencies is not negligible. What is Homosexual tendency?  It more likely a Male or Female who has a attraction to Same-sex but doesnt contradicts to his natures of Being Male or Female. It is just attraction but there is no influenced of Lust so it doesn’t goes to against his nature as Man or Natural Law. This people with Homosexual tendencies been subjected by trial of the “call of the flesh”. They must be not judge nor discriminated but instead support or encourage them to fulfill God’s will in their lives and they must bear the sacrifice of the Lord’s Cross the difficulties as they on battle against “the call of the flesh” and human weakness. In CCC 2359 all Homosexuals were encourage to practice Christian virtues such as chastity, by self mastery that teach them inner-freedom, by prayers and sacramental grace through that achieve Christian perfection that helps to conquer their Human weakness and call of Lust. 

 “Homosexual persons are called to chastity. By the virtues of self-mastery that teach them inner freedom, at times by the support of disinterested friendship, by prayer and sacramental grace, they can and should gradually and resolutely approach Christian perfection.” –CCC 2359-

 The Church is simply condemned the “Homosexual acts” such as Sodomites and Transgender that go against beyond the Human Nature or Natural Law. This is graver because Lust influence over their Disorders there are Consumption between his fellow sex, and act like animals, it is not only against its own nature as Man but it goes against its nature against human. The Homosexual act can’t procreate life but instead it is simply a response to the Lust for the own bodily desire.

The Homosexual act cant procreate life and it can cause downfall to humanity.

“Wherefore among sins against nature, the lowest place belongs to the sin of uncleanness, which consists in the mere omission of copulation with another. While the most grievous is the sin of bestiality, because use of the due species is not observed. Hence a gloss on Genesis 37:2, ‘He accused his brethren of a most wicked crime,’ says that ‘they copulated with cattle.’ After this comes the sin of sodomy, because use of the right sex is not observed.” – St. Thomas Aquinas-

  If we know someone who been deep seated in Homosexual tendencies or Homosexuals that been struggling from “the call of flesh” (Lust), then we must encourage them to practice chastity and Christian virtues. And we must not forget to pray for them, we are not like those Radical Christians who been prejudice against Homosexuals in general.