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

Faithfulness

Answer 2

Showing commitment by staying staying win and only having sex with a marriage partner.

Question 3

Pre-marital sex

Answer 3

Sex before marriage

Question 4

Procreation

Answer 4

To bring new life in the form of a child.

Question 5

Promiscuity

Answer 5

Having sex with a number of partners without commitment.

Question 6

Homosexuality

Answer 6

Sexual attraction to the same sex.

Question 7

Extramarital sex

Answer 7

Sex acts outside marriage.

Question 8

Consensual

Answer 8

When someone gives their permission to do something such as have sex.

Question 9

Stonewall

Answer 9

An organisation acting for the acceptance and rights of LGBTQ+ people.

Question 10

Civil partnership

Answer 10

A legal ceremony often used by homosexual couples to show their marriage in the eyes of law.

Question 11

Homophobia

Answer 11

The hatred or fear of LGBT people.

Question 12

Cohabitation

Answer 12

Living together without being married.

Question 13

Contraception

Answer 13

Means to be able to have sex but not get pregnant.

Question 14

Nuclear family

Answer 14

Mother, father and children living as a unit.

Question 15

Re-constituted family

Answer 15

Where 2 sets of children become one family when their parents marry each other.

Question 16

Single - parent family

Answer 16

A mother or father bringing up children by themselves.

Question 17

Same sex parents.

Answer 17

A same sex couple bringing up children.

Question 18

Extended family

Answer 18

Where 3 generations of one family live together.

Question 19

Blended family

Answer 19

Where 2 sets of children from different families are brought up together because their parents remarried.

Question 20

Why do Catholics disagree with divorce?

Answer 20

Jesus taught it was wrong.
Marriage is a sacrament and so this covenant with God can’t be ‘broken by any earthly power’ like divorce.
The Catechism teaches marriage can’t be dissolved. Because of this, remarriage would mean bigamy and adultery.

Question 21

What is an annulment?

Answer 21

A statement by the Catholic Church saying a marriage wasn’t true, so the couple can remarry.

Question 22

Why do non-Catholic churches allow divorce?

Answer 22

Jesus allowed divorce for adultery in Matthew 19.
It could be the lesser of two evils in a broken marriage.
Repentance means that couples can have another chance if the want to make it work.

Question 23

What do atheists think about divorce and remarriage?

Answer 23

They view marriage as a human institution and so allow divorce. Some atheists don’t believe in marriage, choosing to cohabit instead.

Question 24

What do Humanists believe about divorce and remarriage?

Answer 24

All married couples have the right to separate. Divorce should ensure the spouses are financially stable and that children are well provided for. The divorced people are then free to remarry.

Question 25

What do Evangelical Protestants teach about gender prejudice and discrimination?

Answer 25

Women are not equal to men because they have separate roles. Women shouldn’t speak in church, can’t teach and have to submit to their husbands. Men have to provide for and lead the family in religion.

Question 26

What does the Catholic Church teach about gender discrimination and prejudice?

Answer 26

The Catechism teaches that men and women are equal. However, only men can be priests because they the role of Jesus in Mass, all the apostles were men and bishops and priests are their successors. Women can become extraordinary ministers and assist the priests.

Question 27

What do Liberal Protestants believe about gender discrimination and prejudice?

Answer 27

Men and women should have completely equal lives. This is because Genesis 1 says that men and women were created at the same time with equal status.

Question 28

What 3 organisations have been fighting for gender equality in the Church if England and Catholic Church?

Answer 28

WOW (Women’s Ordination Worldwide), MOW (Movement for the Ordination of Women) and Women and the Church.

Question 29

What have MOW campaigned for and how successful have they been?

Answer 29

They campaign for the ordination of women in the Church of England. After 20 years, the first woman ministers were ordained in Bristol Cathedral in 1993.

Question 30

What have Women and the Church campaigned for and how successful have they been?

Answer 30

They campaigned for gender equality in the Church of England. In 2013, the first woman bishop was ordained.

Question 31

What have WOW campaigned for and how successful have they been?

Answer 31

They campaign to end gender discrimination and convince the Vatican to allow women to be priests. In 2015, Pope Francis replied by saying ‘women priests, that cannot be done. Pope St John Paul II after long, long intense discussions, long reflection, said so clearly.’

Question 32

What are atheist and Humanist views towards gender discrimination and prejudice?

Answer 32

They believe men and women are equal and deserve equal rights. Humanists are against sexism and believe it is wrong for religion to discriminate against women. They think it should be illegal to refuse to ordain women.