Marriage And Family Life Flashcards
Homosexuality
Sexual attraction to people of the same sex
Civil partnership
A legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same rights as a husband and wife
Cohabitation
Hey man and woman living together without being married
Pre-marital sex
Sex before marriage
Promiscuity
Having sexual intercourse with several partners and without commitment. Often called casual sex. In the Bible this is called fornication
Adultery
An act of sexual intercourse between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner
Faithfulness
Staying with your partner and having sex only with them
Nuclear family
Mother, father and children living as a unit
Reconstituted family
Where two sets of children (step–brothers and sisters) become one family when they divorced parents married each other
Contraception
Initially preventing pregnancy from occurring
Procreation
Making a new life