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I don't think you're a fundy at all.As a non-religious person (at best and on better days, I find myself sort of believing there is a god), I am all for anyone following the religion of their choice.I agree that American women generally are pretty darn independent and most don't want a man to take care of them. Those who want a permanent relationship usually want one with a soul mate and each sees the other as an equal.
You and/or others might see the Christian teaching of the man being head of the household as being oppressive. In my household, however, that is the way we believe and do it, and believe me, I am in no sense oppressed or subserviant or disadvantaged in any way because of it. The reason is better discussed on a separate thread on that topic, but let's just say that Mr. Foxfyre and I probably have a different perspective on that than how many might see it or describe it.
So the language, metaphors, mindset in a Muslim household might not be anything like what you or I might see from the outside. And this is why I don't wish to condemn it as long as Mr. & Mrs. Sunni are happy with their faith, their marriage, and their household.
I am not for any religion wanting to legislate their views.
That goes for fundy Christians, fundy Jews, and certainly fundy Muslims. It is no secret that Sunni wants the west to adopt Sharia.
So, I expose his (and others') oppressive views as much as I can.
Please don't interpret my remarks that I am in any sense a fundamentalist Christian. I am anything but. I get into a lot of trouble with fundamentalist Christians.
Most Jewish people in America are not fundamentalist just as most Roman Catholics don't follow the strictest disciplines of their faith. But those who do are not necessarily oppressed. They do it voluntarily, out of deep conviction, and it makes them happy to do so.
But Sharia law is another can of worms entirely. What a Muslim family voluntarily practices in the sanctity of their home or within their own relationship is okay with me. But make any move to force any part of the rest of society to comply with that? Nope. Won't happen without me making a huge stink out of that because that would undermine the very foundations this nation was built on.