Harry A. Blackmun Quotes
This Court repeatedly has recognized that the whole subject of the domestic relations of husband and wife belongs to the laws of the States and not to the laws of the United States.
Blackmun, Harry A. Majority Opinion. McCarty v. McCarty, 453 U.S. 210, Supreme Court of the United States, 26 June 1981, p. 220.
Mohamed preached to a simple people and he made analogies that would be understood. Heaven is often depicted as a succulent garden. In this saying women who want to divorce their husbands without sufficient Islamic cause would not go to heaven. This manifests into a strong sexist culture with regard to Islamic marriage rules. This particular passage is not per se a problem; however, there is no parallel stricture on men who under Sharia, Islamic law, can divorce a wife without even going to a court and without ever giving a reason.
Harry Andrew Blackmun was an American lawyer and jurist who served as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States from 1970 until 1994. Appointed by Republican President Richard Nixon, Blackmun ultimately became one of the most liberal justices on the Court. He is best known as the author of the Court's opinion in Roe v. Wade, which prohibits many state and federal restrictions on abortion.
