Why do Atheists defend Islam?

[God of Mr. Hanky]

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Jesus was kind of queer.  He never recommended marriage or even getting the hots for members of the opposite sex.  He thought cutting off body parts was better, even to the point of self-castration.  He did think it was a good idea to marry your older brother's widow.

In fairness, this idea applied to a culture where a widow's situation was so bleak that an available single man who cared about his brother and her husband would not normally feel decent about not marrying her.

If you were that brother in that culture, then this would not stop you from marrying who you like. Monogamy became an ideal in Judaism since the Jews returned from Babylonian exile, but it was not enforced and probably would not be expected in such a situation.