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Marriage and the family
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Marriage and the Family

Define civil partnership

  • a legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as a husband and wife
  • before the 1960s homosexuality was illegal in the UK
  • the Civil Partnership act was passed in 2004, allowing them to get the equivilant of married
  • Groups such as Stonewell have helped to changed the attitude towards homosexuality by giving a better acceptance of equal rights
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Marriage and the Family

Define cohabitation

  • A couple living together without being married
  • 48% of people think living together is just as much of a commitment as marriage, taken from the British Society Attitudes survey in 2008
  • Its more acceptable to live together before marriage
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Marriage and the Family

Define adultery

  • A sexual act between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner
  • Exodus "You shall not commit adultery"
  • Adultery is condemned i the Qur'an
  • Surah "The women and the man guilty of adultery and forincarnation, flog each of them with a hundred stripes"
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Marriage and the Family

Define covenant

  • A biding two sided agreement/promise between God and people
  • Involves commitment and responsibilty
  • Example, marriage
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