Religion & Human Sexuality (OCR GCSE Religious Studies): Flashcards

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Year homosexual acts legalized in UK (age 21)

1967

Year age of consent for homosexual acts reduced to 18

1994

Year age of consent for homosexual acts became 16

2001

Year civil partnerships recognized in UK

2004

Year same-sex marriage legalized in UK

2013

Year homosexuals permitted in UK armed forces

2000

Islamic term for sex before marriage

Zinnah

Traditional Christian view on sex before marriage

Sinful

Liberal Christian view on sex before marriage

Acceptable in loving, committed relationship

Roman Catholic view: homosexual acts vs orientation

Acts are sinful, orientation is not

Church of England stance on same-sex marriage in church

Does not permit it

Islamic view on homosexuality in most Muslim countries

Illegal

Muslim country that legalized same-sex activity in 1951

Jordan

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