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1
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Define fidelity

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Faithfulness

2
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Define monogamy

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the practice of marrying or state of being married to one person at a time

3
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What is the sacrament of marriage?

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Marriage in a church is a form of ritual or worship

4
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Define adultery

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voluntary sexual intercourse between a married person and a person who is not their spouse

5
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Define chastity

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the state or practice of refraining from extramarital, or especially from all, sexual intercourse

6
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Define cohabitation

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the state of living together and having a sexual relationship without being married

7
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Define secularism

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the principle of separation of the state from religious institutions

8
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What is the Wolfenden Report?

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1957- concluded that the criminalisation of homosexuality was against civil liberty. The law should prevent abuse and protect the young and other vulnerable individuals, but shouldn’t intrude into matters of personal morality.

9
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Who was Alan Turing?

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A code breaker criminalised for his homosexuality- chemically castrated

10
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Who’s Alan Wilson?

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A CofE priest who spoke out in favour of same-sex marriage

11
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Describe marriage as a covenant

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The sacrament of marriage is a binding, two way promise. Many disagree on whether this can be broken at all and whether divorce is permitted.

12
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Define divorce

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the legal dissolution of a marriage by a court or other competent body

13
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Define annulment

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Both parties can be released from a marriage if there is a technical issue

14
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What is Mill’s liberty principle?

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Negative- freedom from state involvement
People should be sexually free

Positive- active involvement of citizens in the state

15
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Discuss Aquinas’ views of homosexuality

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Against the precepts of ordering society and reproduction
Sex should be procreative
(However some people who follow natural law now argue that sex is for more than procreation, therefore its okay)

16
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Discuss Fletcher’s views on homosexuality

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Depends on the loving nature of the relationship