Families and relationships Flashcards
What is heterosexual?
Sexually attracted to members of the opposite sex
What is homosexual?
Sexually attracted to members of the same sex
What are the Buddhist approaches to homosexuality?
The Buddha did not give teaching related to same-sex relationships. Many Buddhists would say that the five moral precepts apply as much to same-sex relationships as to opposite-sex relationships. What matters is that there is consent and respect ✊, regardless of the gender of the people involved.
What are the British attitude towards homosexuality?
Many people in Britain agree with the Buddhist viewpoint that sexual acts should be living, respectful, and that sex which is purely driven by physical desire may cause emotional 😭 harm to those involved. Some people, including many Christians, believe that sex expresses a deep commitment that should be reserved for marriage. Currently, same-sex marriage is legal in the UK 🇬🇧, but same-sex couples are not allowed to get married in most churches ⛪.
What are the Catholic attitudes towards homosexuality?
The Catholic Church ⛪ teaches that homosexual acts are sinful and that homosexuals should refrain from sex. This contrast with the widely held view in British society that homosexuals should be entitled to the same rights as anyone else, including that right to marry and the right to have sexual relationships
What is marriage?
A legal union between a man and a woman (or in some countries, two people of the same sex) as partners in a relationship.
What is cohabitation?
A couple living together and having a sexual relationship without being married to one another
What is the Christian view of marriage?
Marriage is a covenant, a sacred bond between a man and a woman, created by and publicly entered into before God and normally consummated by sexual intercourse.
It involves just two people (for most Christians, one man and one woman) and is intended to be lifelong.
What is the Buddhist view of marriage?
Don’t view marriage as a religious duty or sacred act
Marriage is regarded as a social contract and not a religious rite
Personal choice
Buddhist weddings are secular, non-religious occasions
Monks may bless the marriage after the wedding 👰🏻 ceremony, but they cannot conduct the ceremony itself
Having children 👶🏻 is not viewed as an important purpose of marriage in Buddhism
Buddhists are not expected to feel any religious obligation or pressure to have children 👶🏻: it should be purely by choice
What are two Christian Quotes for sex outside of marriage?
Bible states: ‘The sexual act must take place within a marriage, outside a marriage is always seen as a sin.’
In the Ten Commandments it states: ‘adultery is wrong’
What are two bible quotes for contraception?
“Be fruitful and increase in number; fill the earth 🌏 and subdue it” Genesis 1:28
“Love your neighbour as yourself” Mark 12:31
What is the Roman Catholic teaching of contraception?
Teaches that artificial contraception goes against God’s design for a married couple
What is the Church of England teaching of contraception?
Believes it’s responsible to ensure children 👶🏻 are planned at a time when you can take care of them.
But whilst most Protestants would allow preventative contraception, many would disagree with forms of contraception that destroy a fertilised egg 🥚, e.g. the coil
What is the Buddhist teaching of contraception?
In general, are accepting of preventative forms of contraception. Some Buddhists would reject forms of contraception that destroy a fertilised egg because this might be seen as violating the first precept
Not a sacred duty to have Children 👶🏻 Buddhism
What is the Roman Catholic view of divorce?
Divorce is not just wrong, it is impossible
Believe marriage is a sacrament that is permanent and the couples make vows before God that cannot be broken. Therefore, even if they do divorce they are still married in God’s eyes 👀. A marriage can only end in the case of annulment (a ruling that a marriage was never valid).
