Religion and Life - DEFINITIONS: Marriage and the family Flashcards
Adultery
a sexual act between a married person and someone other than their marriage partner
Civil partnership
a legal ceremony giving a homosexual couple the same legal rights as a husband and wife
Cohabitation
living together without being married
Contraception
intentionally preventing pregnancy from occuring
Faithfulness
staying with your marriage partner and having sex only with them
Homosexuality
sexual attraction to the same sex
Nuclear family
mother, father and children living as a unit
Pre-marital sex
sex before marriage
Procreation
making a new life
Promiscuity
having sex with a number of partners without commitment
Re-constituted family
where two sets of children (step-brothers and step-sisters) become one family when their divorced parents marry each other
Re-marriage
marrying again after being divorced from a previous marriage
