INDIA
Last week Mohandas Gandhi faced a revolt against his one-man campaign against sex in marriage. One follower, puzzled by Gandhi's exhortations to newlywed disciples to vow "self-restraint until Swaraj [Indian self-rule]," called for an explanation. "To marry thus," he wrote, "is surely an inconsistency. He who wants to refrain has no need to marry. ... To me the vow appears ridiculous."
"Rightly speaking," Gandhi answered, "the true purpose of marriage should be and is intimate friendship and companionship between man and woman. ... I may say that my wife and I tasted...
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