Theme A relationships and families

Question 1

Homosexuality

Answer 1

more acceptable today but used to be illegal
Catholics do not accept
protestants accept but cant get married
Buddhists allow as long as no one gets hurt

Question 2

contraception

Answer 2

precaution to prevent pregnancy

Question 3

Types of marriage

Answer 3

Cohabitation is living together as if married but not
civil partnership same gender

Question 4

Celibacy

Answer 4

Abstaining from sexual relations

Question 5

Chastity

Answer 5

sexually pure

Question 6

commitment

Answer 6

relationship based on faith and support

Question 7

contract

Answer 7

binding agreement

Question 8

family planning

Answer 8

planning when to have a family by birth control
not enough money
Wait until marriage
limit family size using contraception

Question 9

Polygamy

Answer 9

man married to more than one women

Question 10

religious marriage

Answer 10

marriage for heterosexual couple in a religious place of worship
Christianity - God’s plan
Unites two people
Create a new human - “Be fruitful and multiply”

Question 11

religious attitudes to sexual matters

Answer 11

Buddhism:
sex desire and greed three root poison prevent enlightenment
strong tradition of celibacy chastity encouraged
contraception allowed to limit family size
five moral precepts don’t commit sexual misconduct
homosexuality is fine as no one gets hurt

Christianity:
only married couples should have sex with each other
homosexual sex unnatural
God’s plan
responsible parenthood - contraception allowed

Question 12

Symbolism within religious marriage ceremonies

Answer 12

Buddhism:
Cultural not religiously
Socially good
protect family

Christianity:
marriage gift from God
vows symbolise love and respect
ring - everlasting nature of marriage
“til death do us part” - vow

Question 13

family types

Answer 13

Nuclear family:
parents and children

extended family:
nuclear family and other relatives - grandparents etc.

Question 14

Educating children in faith

Answer 14

key purpose for religious families
parents believe introducing children to faith gives good start in life
provides structure and behavior

Question 15

Divorce

Answer 15

“til death do us part”
divorce is legal ending of marriage
Annulment - Roman Catholic way of ending marriage
illness, job, addiction, affairs, abuse are reasons for divorce as marriage could become beyond repair

Question 16

Support after divorce

Answer 16

Counselling
Pray to God

Question 17

Remarriage

Answer 17

Marrying after your previous marriage has endedR

Question 18

Religious attitudes to divorce

Answer 18

Buddhism:
Vos are serious commitment
Marriage keeps society stable - divorce discouraged
divorce allowed if there is great suffering causing bad karma

Christianity:
Roman Catholics - divorce always wrong Marriage is a sacrament “until death do us part” - vow

Protestant allowed if marriage is beyond repair lesser of two evils
Genesis 1:28 “Be fruitful and multiply”
God hates divorce (Old Testament)

Question 19

Gender equality

Answer 19

Gender prejudice:
society discriminates against women due to prejudice
Gender discrimination
Gender equality - men, women equal value

Question 20

Religious attitudes to Gender equality

Answer 20

Buddhism:
“If a man denies the possibility of enlightenment of women, then his own enlightenment is impossible”
Practice of Buddhism same for man, woman no gender inequality

Christianity:

“There is neither Jew nor Gentile, neither slave nor free nor is there male and female, for you are all one in Christ” - Jesus
Catholic only men can be priests
God created humans in his image so they are all the same value