A coalition of more than 150 Orthodox rabbis, community leaders, organizers and respected mental health professionals have given an historic stamp of approval to a document entitled a “Declaration on the Torah Approach to Homosexuality.”
The document, seeks for the first time to clarify the theological understanding of the Biblically mandated prohibition, as well as presents what the authors and signators see as a practical and achievable solution for those faced with same-gender attractions.
The treatment recommended in the statement is reparative or gender-affirming therapy, defined in the Declaration as “reinforcing the natural gender-identity of the individual by helping him or her understand and repair the emotional wounds that led to its disorientation and weakening…
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