Religion and Life: Marriage and Family Life
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- Created on: 08-12-16 20:27
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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
- more likely to...
- 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
- God created men and women for each other
- sex and marriage should go together
- sex outside of marriage is morally wrong
- "a man leaves his father + mother and clings to his wife and they become one flesh"
- 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
- Catholic
- 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
- Roman Catholic
- 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
- artificial
- the Church helps with upbringing of children
- how attitudes have changed over the last 60 years
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