Marriage And The Family Flashcards
(4 cards)
Explain how the family has changed.
Increased single parents.
Teen pregnancies more common.
Increased divorces.
Women are more financially stable and don’t need men.
Increased gay marriages.
Became legal in 2014.
Decrease in marriages.
Less people follow the religious teachings about marriage and pre-marital sex.
Explain why attitudes to family life and homosexuality have changed.
More cohabiting families.
More families where parents are not married.
More re-marriages.
More re-constituted families.
Change in law makes it easier to be homosexual.
Society is more aware and accepting
Increased openness of gay celebrities.
Greater acceptance of all gay people.
Explain why most Christians are against sex outside the marriage.
Sex is given for the procreation of children.
Children should be brought up in a Christian family so sex should only happen in marriage.
All Christians are against adultery breaks down the wedding vows to be faithful.
Sin so will result in going to Hell.
Adultery is condemned by the Ten Commandments.
All Christians should follow these rules.
Adultery is condemned by Jesus.
Christians should follow the teachings of Jesus.
Explain why attitudes to marriage and divorce have changed.
There is more contraception so sex is safer.
People are less likely to be tied by children and get married.
Christianity lost it’s influence as fewer people went to Church.
People don’t wait until marriage to have sex.
Laws became cheaper and easier to get.
Loads more divorces.
Women are no longer reliant upon men for money.
More stable alone without men.
