Cohabitation

• Christian doctrines have traditionally prohibited cohabitation, but there has been an increasingly more tolerant line taken in some denominations towards couples who cohabit.
• Liberal Anglicans accept cohabitation where it is part of a committed relationship, although they still believe that marriage would be the ideal.
• Some denominations disagree with cohabitation as they believe it devalues the special and sacred nature of sex, which should only take place within marriage.
• The Catholic Church and more conservative Anglicans do not accept cohabitation and expect a couple to not have sex before marriage.
• Some Baptist Churches may refuse to marry a couple who are cohabiting.