Theme A

• Catechism - 'the sixth commandment and the New Testament forbit adultery absolutely; Adultery is an injustice'
• Catechism - divorce 'introduces disorder into the family and society'
• Laws of Many - a women should respect her husband even if he is unfaithful
• Judaism - the man must write a bill of divorce to the women
• Eve is blamed for original sin
• Laws of Manu - 'where women are respected, there lives God'
• Ephesians 5:22 - 'Wives submit to your husbands as to the Lord, for the husband is head of the wife'
• 1 Corinthians 14:24 - 'Women should remain silent in the churches'
• Aquinas - homosexuality is worse than incest because at least they can have children
• Catechism - 'called to chastity'
• Quaker - 'to reject people on grounds of their sexual behaviour is a denial of God's creation'
• Catholic - the purpose of marriage is unitive and creative
• Catholic - marriage is one of the seven sacrements
• Hindu - marriage is the centre of the religion, the religion focuses on the integration of a family
• The Catholic Church views polygamy as morally wrong because God gave us the Sacrament of Marriage as an unbreakable bond between one man and one women
• All Christian polygamous relationships in the bible end up badly
• Islam permits polygamy under some conditions, these include if the first wife is unable to have children of look after the home
• Polygamy is the practice or custom of having more than one wife or husband at the same time
• Deuteronomy - 'a women must not wear men's clothing, nor a man wear women's clothing, for the Lord your God detests anyone who does this'
• Genesis 1:27 - 'so God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them; male and female he created them'
• Genesis 2:24 - 'This is why a man leaves his father and mother and is united to his wife, they become one flesh'
• Richard Holloway - you can't control who you are attracted to, 'human sexuality is like a runaway car'