6.4

Question 1

What is the difference between a Marriage and a Civil Partnership?

Answer 1

A marriage is a special relationship between a man and women created by God.
A civil partnership is a legal contract between two people.

Question 2

What do churches think about Same Sex Marriage through civil ceremony?

Answer 2

CoE- opposed to same sex marriage in church
Anglicans can recognise it
Roman Catholics dont recognise it

Question 3

What do some churches say about divorce?

Answer 3

CoE- may be inevitable so allows
Catholics- dont recognise, so cant remarry at Catholic Church

Question 4

Is there equality in Christianity with SAW

Answer 4

All are equal to God- in his image and his likeness imageo dei
Martin Luther King jr fought against inequality
In Bible there is inequality, Paul says that women should be silent in Church and be in submission to men.
CoE recently allowed female priests

Question 5

What are some Christian responses to arranged and forced marriages

Answer 5

Teach consent is very important in marriage
Roman Catholic allows bishops to set own age laws
Catholic Church has it as 14 for females and 16 for males

Question 6

What is euthanasia

Answer 6

The deliberate act of ending someone’s life to relieve them of suffering

Question 7

What is assisted suicide

Answer 7

When a terminally ill patient asks someone to help them take their own life

Question 8

What are some religious and non religious reasons to be against Euthanasia

Answer 8

Goes against the ten commandment to not kill
Life is precious and sacred by God
Christians have a duty to care for those who are suffering

A doctor’s duty is to preserve life not end it
Medical advances means cures are becoming more likely
Elderly may agree with true consent due to their burden upon others

Question 9

How did the 2015 vote about legalising assisted suicide go

Answer 9

Was defeated by 330 votes to 118
70% of the Anglican Clergy voted against it as well

Question 10

What do Christians say about the right to die argument

Answer 10

Persons life is their own and they should have control over it
However God created life so he has control over it and therefore should choose
A patient may refuse medical treatment, as long as medically available to consent, as the patients death is still God’s will

Question 11

What is the Christian teaching about when life begin

Answer 11

It begins at conception when the sperm meets the egg, it becomes a sacred life and has the same God given rights (pro life)

Question 12

What is abortion

Answer 12

The deliberate termination of a pregnancy

Question 13

When is the medical week day that an abortion must come before

Answer 13

24th Week

Question 14

What are specific church views upon abortion
RC and CoE

Answer 14

Roman Catholic - abortion is murder
Church of England - may allow if it may harm the mother

Question 15

Which people will be for abortion

Answer 15

People who believe the mother should have full control over her body - pro choice

Question 16

What is a teaching which is against abortion

Answer 16

“Life must be protected with the utmost care from the moment of conception”

Question 17

What is therapeutic cloning

Answer 17

Making copies of cells that can be grown and used to cure someone

Question 18

What is the Roman Catholic view upon therapeutic cloning

Answer 18

Against
An embryo is a human being
Therefore has rights and therefore destruction of them is frowned upon

Question 19

What is artificial insemination

Answer 19

Collecting sperm and inserting it directly into a woman’s uterus through non-sexual means

Question 20

What is in vitro fertilisation

Answer 20

Bringing together of sperm and egg outside the body in lab conditions

Question 21

What do the CoE and Roman C say about Artificial insemination

Answer 21

CoE - if conception is not possible in a loving relationship then it is allowed
Roman C - conception should only happen through sexual union and is therefore not allowed

Question 22

What do the CoE and Roman C say about IVF

Answer 22

Roman C- opposes IVF as conception does not take place through sexual means and is opposed to research being done upon embryos
CoE - accepts IVF as well as experimentation within 14 days