Marriage and the Family

Question 1

adultery

Answer 1

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

Question 2

civil partnership

Answer 2

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

Question 3

cohabitation

Answer 3

living together without being married

Question 4

contraception

Answer 4

intentionally preventing pregnancy from occurring

Question 5

faithfulness

Answer 5

staying with your marriage partner and having sex only with them

Question 6

homosexuality

Answer 6

sexual attraction to the same sex

Question 7

nuclear family

Answer 7

mother, father and children living as a unit

Question 8

pre-marital sex

Answer 8

sex before marriage

Question 9

procreation

Answer 9

making a new life

Question 10

promiscuity

Answer 10

having sex with a number of partners without commitment

Question 11

re-constituted family

Answer 11

where two sets of children (stepbrothers/stepsisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other

Question 12

re-marriage

Answer 12

marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage

Question 13

changing attitudes toward marriage

Answer 13

cohabitation
age risen
sex outside marriage
divorce

Question 14

changing attitudes toward divorce

Answer 14

easier
gender equality
acceptance
increasing

Question 15

changing attitudes toward family

Answer 15

less nuclear families
fertilisation techniques
extended families
re-constituted families

Question 16

changing attitudes toward homosexuality

Answer 16

civil partnerships
children
acceptance
media

Question 17

Christian views on family

Answer 17

Bible
Christian community
parents’ duty
child’s duty

Question 18

Muslim views on family

Answer 18

importance
parents’ duty
child’s duty
extended family

Question 19

Christian views for divorce

Answer 19

lesser of two evils
love most important - Jesus allowed for adultery in St Matthew’s Gospel
CofE
Baptists, Methodists, Quakers

Question 20

Christian views against divorce

Answer 20

Jesus banned divorce
St Paul
a promise
a sacrament

Question 21

Muslim views for divorce

Answer 21

lesser of two evils
Hadith
last option - legal contract
stages of divorce

Question 22

Muslim views against divorce

Answer 22

Allah “detestable”
harms family
afterlife
commitment - devalues gift

Question 23

Christian views for sex outside marriage

Answer 23

love most important

cohabitation

Question 24

Christian views against sex outside marriage

Answer 24

procreation
fornication - forbidden
adultery - breaks vows
promiscuity - animal behaviour

Question 25

Muslim views on sex outside marriage

Answer 25

TOTALLY FORBIDDEN
family
Qur'an - forbidden
Shari'ah Law
appropriate dress

Question 26

Christian views for homosexuality

Answer 26

equal - natural, honesty, free will
love most important - inner worth
modern interpretation - David and Jonathan
acceptance and respect

Question 27

Christian views against homosexuality

Answer 27

unnatural
Bible
St Paul
2008 Vatican official, Catholic Church

Question 28

Catholic views on homosexuality

Answer 28

discrimination is a sin
natural thoughts - neither morally good nor bad
celibate
Catechism of Catholic Church

Question 29

Muslim views on homosexuality

Answer 29

TOTALLY FORBIDDEN
Qur'an
Muhammad
family
sex outside marriage - Shari'ah Law

Question 30

Christian views for contraception

Answer 30

family planning
expressing love - Bible doesn’t forbid it
stable family
preventing diseases

Question 31

Christian views against contraception

Answer 31

procreation
God’s command in Genesis
rhythm method - natural, no barrier
promiscuity

Question 32

Muslim views for contraception

Answer 32

family planning
ill heath
not abortion
Muhammad - knew of its use

Question 33

Muslim views against contraception

Answer 33

Allah’s choice
Allah will provide
scriptures against abortion
procreation - sterilisation forbidden