Di facebook ada fan page “Think progress” yang selalu membagikan tautan-tautan yang mengkritisi pemerintahan Obama dan juga tautan kontroversial. Misalnya seperti berita-berita tentang perkembangan LGBT (lesbian, gay, biseks&transgender). Perlu pembaca ketahui tentang kawin sesama jenis/gay Marriage, ada beberapa negara di dunia ini yang telah memfasilitasi pekawinan sesama jenis, contoh: Denmark (negara pertama di dunia yg bolehkan perkawinan sesama jenis pd th 1989), Belanda (2001), Kanada (2003), Belgia (2003), Spanyol (2005), Afsel,(1) Norwegia (2009), Swedia (2010), Portugal (2010), Argentina (negara pertama yg melegalkan perkawinan gay th 2010), Islandia (2010), dan Amerika (beberapa negara bagian saja).(2)Termasuk kabar Uruguay yang baru-baru ini melegalkan kawin sesama Jenis.(3)
Kemarin malam, saya iseng-iseng mengomentari tautan berjudul “What Actually Happened To That Same-Sex Couple In The Missouri Hospital”(4) Dengan komentar nggak nyambung dengan isi tautan itu. “Animal better than gay. because gay is abnormal.” Sontak banyak yang menanggapi dengan nada sinis, cercaan, hinaan “idiot” bahkan tudingan saya berlindung di balik dalil agama. Tapi saya santai saja menghadapi orang-orang Amerika yang pikirannya abnormal itu.
Di Amerika dukungan terhadap kawin sesama jenis seringkali bukan atas pertimbangan rasional, sains maupun dalil agama. Kebanyakan karena 2 hal: politis dan kedekatan emosional. Dukungan bermotif politis pernah dinyatakan Obama (5) maupun Hillary clinton.(6) Sedangkan dukungan secara emosional maksudnya dikarenakan keluarga dekatnya ada yang berperilaku menyimpang sehingga membuat seseorang yang awalnya menolak terhadap legalisasi kawin sesama jenis berubah pikiran menjadi mendukung. Contohnya, Senator Partai Republik asal Ohio, Rob Portman, berganti haluan dari pendirian awalnya yang menolak pernikahan sesama jenis. Dia kini mengatakan dirinya mendukung pernikahan pasangan homoseksual setelah anaknya mengakui sebagai seorang homoseksual.(7)
Kembali kepada warga AS yang mencerca saya. Berikut ini komentar para follower fan page “Think progress” yang rata-rata mendukung gay dengan alasan kemanusiaan dan tentu saja bukan argumen rasional baik secara sains dan dalil agama.
-Fritz Liess: Screw you, you backward freak.
-Megaera la Pict: I think he's saying he likes to have relationships with animals instead of other men. -Kathi Papaleo: Fadh...You are no more better than animal. And you more than likely carry a stench. -Jonathan Lund: Don't you have an office tower to blow up or some babies to drown you fuc&er? Saking gemesnya saya tambahkan komen dengan bahasa inggris ala kadarnya karena sudah ngantuk berat. Bahwa tidak ada hewan yang melakukan kawin sesama jenis. (8) “you need to know, no animal do same-sex marriage in the world.” Saya pun terpaksa manggil bala bantuan, seorang teman dari Sidney yang paham soal topik LGBT. Fàdh Aldrîch:”Husain Fikri H, tolong tambahono komentarmu, ben para pembela/maniak gay iki sadar.” (9) Akan tetapi bala bantuan baru tiba pukul 5 pagi. Komentar pedas pun masih terus saja bergulir.
-Christine Robinett: How is threatening Fadh or implying violence in any way helping? Either you ARE in support of non-violent equality FOR ALL or you're part of the problem so many of the posters claim to dislike.
-Christine Robinett: Haters and disruptive trolls will always be around. It's up to those with a critical mind to CHOOSE to do better for our common good. -Justin R Copenhaver: Fadh, there is no marriage in the animal kingdom so I guess you are correct. But, you didn't show the point that you were trying to. -Gayle Horwitz: Fadh, the only thing that separates us from the animals is the ability to reason and use language, and given that, some of us are better at THAT than others. Being part of the animal kingdom we are just as diverse, and some human beings have different orientations BY GOD'S DESIGN and THAT is OKAY. Homosexuality is "abnormal" or un-natural to YOU and as "normal" and right as rain to others. Please take your bigotry and profound lack of understanding of human sexuality elsewhere.
Ada juga yang merespon dengan dalil-dalil teologis. Dan kesannya “menurut penafsiran saya”. Padahal tidak sembarang orang boleh menafsirkan ayat-ayat dalam Bibel. Jaimie Vaughan menafsirkan Bibel menurut seleranya padahal Bibel sendiri memandang homoseksual/gay sebagai perbuatan menjijikkan. (10)
-Jaimie Vaughan: Thank you for doing so much to educate people regarding God's Law. When someone tries to defend the homosexual lifestyle, for example, I simply remind them that Leviticus 18:22 clearly states it to be an abomination ... End of debate. I do need some advice from you, however, regarding some other elements of God's Laws and how to follow them. 1. Leviticus 25:44 states that I may possess slaves, both male and female, provided they are from neighboring nations. A friend of mine claims that this applies to Mexicans, but not Canadians. Can you clarify? Why can't I own Canadians? 2. I would like to sell my daughter into slavery, as sanctioned in Exodus 21:7. In this day and age, what do you think would be a fair price for her? 3. I know that I am allowed no contact with a woman while she is in her period of menstrual uncleanliness - Lev.15: 19-24. The problem is how do I tell? I have tried asking, but most women take offense. 4. When I burn a bull on the altar as a sacrifice, I know it creates a pleasing odour for the Lord - Lev.1:9. The problem is my neighbours. They claim the odour is not pleasing to them. Should I smite them? 5. I have a neighbor who insists on working on the Sabbath. Exodus 35:2 clearly states he should be put to death. Am I morally obligated to kill him myself, or should I ask the police to do it? 6. A friend of mine feels that even though eating shellfish is an abomination, Lev. 11:10, it is a lesser abomination than homosexuality. I don't agree. Can you settle this? Are there "degrees" of abomination? 7. Lev. 21:20 states that I may not approach the altar of God, if I have a defect in my sight. I have to admit that I wear reading glasses. Does my vision have to be 20/20, or is there some wiggle-room here? 8. Most of my male friends get their hair trimmed, including the hair around their temples, even though this is expressly forbidden by Lev. 19:27. How should they die? 9. I know from Lev. 11:6-8 that touching the skin of a dead pig makes me unclean, but may I still play football, if I wear gloves? 10. My uncle has a farm. He violates Lev.19:19 by planting two different crops in the same field, as does his wife by wearing garments made of two different kinds of thread (cotton/polyester blend). He also tends to curse and blaspheme a lot. Is it really necessary that we go to all the trouble of getting the whole town together to stone them? Lev.24:10-16. Couldn't we just burn them to death at a private family affair, like we do with people who sleep with their in-laws? (Lev. 20:14). I know you have studied these things extensively and thus enjoy considerable expertise in such matters, so I'm confident you can help. Thank you again for reminding us that God's word is eternal and unchanging.
-Laura Caneer: don't argue with this idiot, report him. I did
Dan ketika saya tunjukkan sebuah video bahwa kalangan yahudi tidak setuju kawin sesama jenis. Masih ada yang mbalelo dan keras kepala. (11)
-Gayle Horwitz: Fadh, "It's for the Goys, not for the Jews." In YOUR opinion, and being a religious zealot that uses religious texts written by MEN when they thought the world was FLAT to bully, marginalize, discriminate against, hate, or kill is the biggest CON OF MAN and an ABOMINATION!!! It's sad to see such judgment and vitriol from the unlearned meshugana of the world. It's time we all evolve with the rest of God's creation!!!
-Jeffery Ward: Actually there are many examples of gay behavior in the animal kingdom and also transexual and asexual behavior too. It is sad that Fadh hides behind religious doctrine and dismisses scientific evidence!
Akhirnya sekitar shubuh tadi, temen dari Sidney ikut nimbrung, Husain say’s:” First, "It's for the Goys, not for the Jews." is not intended to be viewed as a religious perspective. It is a personal opinion of a (used to be) Rabbi, Nathaniel. Second, I believed "animal is better than gay" is a metaphor describing the moral value of same-sex marriage. Though I ain't saying gay is animal, I would go along this guy, Fàdh. You never know how devastating it is once you allow same-sex relationship stand still. Come on, people, It is part of New World Order Plan to destroy humanity value.”
Semoga ini jadi bahan renungan kita bersama bahwa masih banyak di di luar sana yang tidak mengerti bahaya kawin sesama jenis yang sejatinya mengundang penyakit berbahaya (12) dan juga mengingkari rahmat/nikmat yang diberikan oleh Tuhan. Ijinkan saya menutup tulisan sederhana ini dengan firman Allah SWT:
“Dan di antara tanda-tanda kekuasaan-Nya ialah Dia menciptakan untukmu istri-istri dari jenismu sendiri, supaya kamu cenderung dan merasa tenteram kepadanya, dan dijadikan-Nya di antaramu rasa kasih dan sayang. Sesungguhnya pada yang demikian itu benar-benar terdapat tanda-tanda bagi kaum yang berpikir.” (Qs. ar-ruum:21)
End notes:
(1) Afrika selatan merupakan Negara pertama di benua afrika yang membolehkan perkawinan sesama jenis th 2006
(2) Lihat bbc.co.uk “Gay Marriage Around the World” 5 Februari 2013
(3) Gereja Katolik dan organisasi Kristen di Uruguay banyak menentang keputusan kongres tersebut. Gereja Katolik Uruguay menganggap aturan ini “bukan keadilan” dan “akan memperlemah pernikahan.” Lihat Zack ford, “Uruguay becomes 12th Country to Recognize Same-sex Marriage” http://thinkprogress.org edisi 11 April 2013; Pablo Fernandez, “Uruguay Legalize Gay Marriage” huffingtonpost.com 12 April 2013
(4) Dalam berita ini, pasangan Gay mendapat perlakuan yang tak layak baik dari rumah sakit maupun aparat. Baca: Zack ford, “What Actually Happened To That Same-Sex Couple In The Missouri Hospital” http://thinkprogress.org edisi 12 April 2013
(5) Metrotvnews.com “Obama Dukung Perkawinan Sesama Jenis” 24 Februari 2013
(6) Pengamat menilai dukungan hillary terhadap pernikahan gay demi pilpres AS th 2016. Kabarnya Hillary ingin mencalonkan diri bersaing dengan Joe Biden. Tentang pernyataan Hillary, Lihat Kevin Robillard, “Hillary Clinton Announced her Support for Gay Marriage” Politico.com edisi 18 Maret 2013
(7) Sam stein, “Rob Portman’s Gay Marriage Conversion Explained By His Son” huffingtonpost.com edisi 25 Maret 2013
(8) kita perlu mengkritisi sebuah teori bahwa hewan jerapah yang ada kecenderungan homoseks.