Marriage and family life- Key words

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Adultery
An act of sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other then their marriage partner
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Cohabitation
Living together without being married
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Faithfulness
Staying with your marriage partner and only having sex with them
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Marriage
The condition of a man and women legally united for the purpose of living together, and, usually, having children
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Pre-marital sex
Sex before marriage
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Promiscuity
Having sex with a number of people without commitment
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Homosexuality
Sexual attraction to people of the same gender
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Annulment
A declaration by the church that a marriage never lawfully exsisted
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Re-marriage
Marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage
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Extended family
Children, parents and grandparents/aunts/uncles living as a unit in close proximity
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Nuclear Family
Mother, Father and children living as a unit
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Re-constituted family
Where two sets of children (Step-brothers and sisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other
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Celibate life
A life without sex
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Civil partnership
A legal ceremony giving homosexual couples the same legal rights as a husband and wife
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Contraception
Intentionally preventing pregnancy from occuring
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Procreation
Making a new life
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Card 2

Front

Living together without being married

Back

Cohabitation

Card 3

Front

Staying with your marriage partner and only having sex with them

Back

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Card 4

Front

The condition of a man and women legally united for the purpose of living together, and, usually, having children

Back

Preview of the back of card 4

Card 5

Front

Sex before marriage

Back

Preview of the back of card 5
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