Religion and Life: Marriage and Family Life

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  • Marriage and Family Life
    • how attitudes have changed over the last 60 years
      • more likely to...
        • get married older (around 32)
        • have premarital sex
        • be promiscuous
        • cohabit rather than marry
        • get divorced
        • support homosexuality
          • being gay was legalized in 1967
          • gay marriage was legalized in 2013
      • less likely to...
        • get married at all
        • save sex for marriage
        • have a church wedding
        • avoid contraception
        • have a large family
        • have a nuclear family
    • sex + marriage
      • "a man leaves his father + mother and clings to his wife and they become one flesh"
        • God created men and women for each other
          • this relationship is perfectly fulfilled in the sacrament of marriage
      • sex and marriage should go together
        • sex outside of marriage is morally wrong
    • divorce + remarriage
      • Catholic
        • doesn't allow divorce or remarriage
        • allows annulment (they were never really married in the first place
        • doesn't allow remarriage - committing adultery in the eyes of the Church
        • allows separation if it keeps the safety of the partners and the children
      • Protestant
        • allows divorce sometimes because Jesus allowed them
        • divorce is wrong but may sometimes be the lesser of two evils
        • remarriage is allowed
    • homosexuality
      • Roman Catholic
        • sinful - against the natural law
        • homosexuals must be supported by the Church to remain celibate
      • Liberal Protestants
        • acceptable - the Bible needs to be re-interpreted
        • gay relationships can be blessed by the Church
    • family life
      • the Church helps with upbringing of children
        • schools
        • youth clubs
        • sharing the sacraments
      • the Church helps families
        • supporting couples
        • celebrating marriage
        • running family friendly parishes
      • contraception
        • artificial
          • prevent conception during sex
        • natural
          • avoiding conception by avoiding sex
        • Catholic
          • artificial = wrong but natural family planning is okay
        • non-Catholic
          • acceptable

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