Kareem's sociology professor compared society's current debate over gay marriage with the struggle faced decades ago by interracial couples. The civil rights movement awakened many Americans to injustices endured by African American citizens. Kareem's class learned that broad shifts in people's sensibilities over long periods of time enable them to gain new perspectives on long-held ideologies. In this scenario, what kind of approach did Kareem's professor use to explain the emergence of the movement to extend the rights and benefits of marriage to same-sex couples?

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Kareem's sociology professor used a cultural approach to explain the emergence of the movement to extend the rights and benefits of marriage to same-sex couples by comparing it to the struggle faced by interracial couples in the past and highlighting broad shifts in people's sensibilities over long periods of time.

Kareem's Sociology Professor Compared Society's Current Debate Over Gay Marriage