Talk:Jews Offering New Alternatives to Homosexuality

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[edit] Lifestyle?

It attracts a variety of Jews with same same-sex attractions, including those who want to leave the gay lifestyle, and those who are already married.

This seems somewhat non-NPOV to me. Being gay is not a "lifestyle", since it is not a choice, and it encompasses more than certain customes. A lifestyle is favoring certain restaurants, or drinks, or neighborhoods, etc., depending on how big your paycheck is.

Most "ex-gay"ist proponents do recognize that gays cannot control nor choose their homosexual thoughts and drives, and they try to teach you to sublimate and not act on them through faith and whatnot. I'm not that familiar with the techniques, so I may be mistaking something. Anyway, I thought I should bring this up here instead of making a change without consensus, since this is a complicated topic.

I propose something like:

It attracts a variety of Jews with same-sex attractions, including those who are engaging themselves in homosexual activities but want to lead a heterosexual life, and those who are already in a heterosexual relationship and/or marriage. ("already married." is confusing, since gay marriage is legal in a number of places).

If there are no objections, I will make the change. --W2bh (talk) 14:25, 11 March 2008 (UTC)

That sounds fine to me. AgnosticPreachersKid (talk) 18:54, 11 March 2008 (UTC)