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1
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adultery

A

a sexual act between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner

2
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civil partnership

A

a legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as husband and wife

3
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cohabitation

A

living together without being married

4
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contraception

A

intentionally preventing pregnancy

5
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faithfulness

A

staying with your marriage partner and only having sex with them

6
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homosexuality

A

sexual attraction to the same sex

7
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nuclear family

A

mother, father and children living together as a unit

8
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pre-marital sex

A

having sex before marriage

9
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procreation

A

making a new life

10
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promiscuity

A

having sex with a number of partners without commitment

11
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re-consituted family

A

where two families (step brothers and sisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other

12
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re-marriage

A

marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage