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Marriage and Family Life Key Words
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- 1AdulteryAn act of sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner
- 2CohabitationLiving together without being married
- 3FaithfulnessStaying with you marriage partner and having sex with only them
- 4MarriageThe condition of a man and woman legally united for the purpose of living together and, usually, having children
- 5Pre-Marital SexSex before marriage
- 6PromiscuityHaving sex with a number of partners without commitment
- 7HomosexualitySexual attraction to people of the same gender
- 8AnnulmentA declaration by the Church that a marriage never lawfully existed, this means that the marriage is invalid and never truly existed
- 9Re-MarriageMarrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage
- 10Extended FamilyChildren, parents, and grandparents/aunts/uncles living in close proximity
- 11Nuclear FamilyMother, father and children living as a unit
- 12Re-Constituted FamilyWhere two sets of children (step-brothers and sisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry eachother
- 13Celibate LifeA life without sex
- 14Civil PartnershipA legal ceremony giving homosexual couples the same legal rights as a husband and wife
- 15ContraceptionIntentionally preventing pregnancy from occurring e.g. condoms
- 16ProcreationMaking a new life (pregnancy)
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- GCSE Religious Studies (Marriage and Family Life (U1)) Flashcards on Marriage and Family Life Key Words, created by CalicoChameleon on 08/05/2016.
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