"They have stated in black and white that choosing to leave the WTS should not cost a person their family"
They absolutely have NOT stated that! Show me any reference to leaving 'the WTS' in that article.
"there's no two ways about it; JWs are being given license to have relationship with DAd family members"
Really? They are being given license are they? C'mon man stop building up the hopes of so many stressed out and depressed posters.
"This entire article is massive for all of us who are being shunned and rejected by our families for choosing to change religion. I cannot possibly see how any reasonable person won't be affected by this"
Just because you cannot see it . . . (Argument from personal incredulity)
"Jehovah's Witnesses are now taught that no one - including them - should have to choose between their beliefs and their family. This is impossible to wiggle out of unless the JWs in question actually want to reject their family members who have different beliefs from them or who are disfellowshipped"
Please PP, they are not being taught that at all! Your dogmatic assertions are leaving you precious little wiggle room and you will only wind up looking a little foolish. I accept that some individuals may press this issue enough to make a doubting JW think a little bit harder - and I rejoice in that along with you PP. But the scale of change is not - as you have asserted, massive.
Respectfully,
