Marriage Controversies Can Tell Us About The Fight Over Gay Marriage Farley Summary

The traditional Muslims relate homosexuality to the sins listed in the Ten Commandments. Farley writes, “Male homosexuality is prohibited in the Qur’an (Farley 98).” The article criticizes that view and is in favor of American Muslims supporting homosexuality. Farley says that compared to Christianity, Islam is a faith that is more “sex-positive” and I believe that is the way that American Muslims are trying to practice their faith (Farley 96). Farley also discusses how important it is that before anyone criticizes a culture or faith system that they immerse themselves into the idea they are criticizing. She explains that there may be situations, such as female circumcision that one culture would see as an injustice while the women in that culture may find a sense of freedom and

This translates to this article because Sarwar does not take into account the reasons why the traditional Muslims feel the way they do about homosexuality. Julia and I focuses on this aspect during our conversation. Sarwar is blaming traditional Muslims’ for their inability to support same-sex marriage, but he fails to heed the warning of Farley. Sarwar does not take caution in criticizing a long-standing tradition; instead, he expects an immediate change of people living in a deep tradition.

“What 19th Century Marriage Controversies Can Tell Us About the Fight Over Gay Marriage,” is the title of the third article that we discussed. This article is of an interview of Leslie J. Harris, Associate Professor of Communication at the University of Wisconsin at Milwaukee. The interview surrounds her latest book about 19th-century marriage controversies such as domestic violence, divorce, polygamy, free love, and miscegenation. Her project reveals how humans try to define and redefine marriage. Although same-sex marriage is not mentioned often in