Talk:Courage International

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[edit] Seeking

I changed the phrase in the intro graf from "same-sex-oriented Catholics who seek to refrain from adopting a 'gay' identity" to "same-sex-oriented Catholics wishing to live celbately" because I really wasn't sure what "adopting a gay identity" means. It could be anything from being celibate to butching up their image. I'm not entirely happy with this phrasing, but I think it's more clear. As I understand it, Courage does not seek to change one's orientation, just control one's sexual behavior (but I could be wrong). eaolson 16:32, 31 July 2006 (UTC)

You seem to be correct. Nothing I've found about it indicates it believes in or advocates making someone "ex-gay." I imagine it does reject a "gay identity" as Catholicism rejects making sexual orientation one's identity and considers homosexuality a disorder. I believe Catholics are not to have a gay-identity in the same way we're not to have a BDSM-identity or a shoe-fetish-identity. Catholics may incidentally have such propensities, but those are to be incidental and not defining.--T. Anthony 11:24, 17 August 2006 (UTC)