Since many of you are speculating about what was said and what was asserted or endorsed at the YU gathering, I just wanted to clarify a few things about it.
As I wrote above, I read most of the manuscript from the gathering. There was no discussion of whether they resist temptation or not. I think they davka excluded that from the discussion. Basically, in a nutshell, the main point was for the 4 young men to tell people that it was not something that they chose for themselves, they tried to deny it to themselves, tried dating/liking girls, but eventually realized that it is what they are.
Dr. Pelcovitz made a statement at the end that, if the mods would allow, I will include it as part of my post to clarify what their stance is regarding the young men, halacha, and the gathering. Otherwise many things you are all asserting is just based on guessing and speculation.
Dr. Pelcovitz: There were four very eloquent voices that we just heard and what I was struck by was how different each of the voices was and how different each of the stories was and how incredibly complex the journey was. And I just want to make a few brief points. The program is not really meant to hear from a psychologist and certainly is not meant to hear from anyone other than the four men you just heard from.