The people making common cause with conservative Muslims out of some misguided prioritization of cultural sensitivity think they're the ones who are analogous to the pro gay marriage activists of 10-15 years ago.
Gays are a persecuted minority constantly under attack by the right wing! Muslims are a persecuted minority constantly under attack by the right wing! You see how this goes. They're not even totally wrong; the pro-gay-marriage fight had a lot of moralizing, care-ethic driven thinking and self-righteousness to it, too, even though the cause was good. I can definitely say that when I was in university I thought people who were opposed to gay marriage were inherently worse human beings who I didn't really want to interact with.
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