Marriage and the Family Keywords Flashcards
What is a civil partnership?
A legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as a husband and wife.
What is adultery?
A sexual act between a married person and someone other than their married partner.
What is cohabitation?
Living together without being married.
What is contraception?
Intentionally preventing pregnancy from occurring.
What is faithfulness?
Staying with your marriage partner and only having sex with them.
What is homosexuality?
Sexual attraction to the same sex.
What is a nuclear family?
Mother, father and children living as a unit.
What is pre-marital sex?
Sex before marriage.
What is procreation?
Making new life.
What is promiscuity?
Having sex with a number of people without commitment.
What is a reconstituted family?
Where 2 sets of children become one family when their divorced parents marry each other.
What is remarriage?
Marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage.