SOCIOL 2U06 Chapter Notes - Chapter 2: Catholic Church, Child Custody, Nuclear Family
19 Apr 2013
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Lone parents are increasing as result of divorces, and women bearin children individually. Same sex marriage increasing: legalized in june 2005, stephen harpers government wasn"t happy and tried to restore traditional definintion of family" when they were in power but were unsuccessful. Roman catholic church, pope benedict xvi urged us bishop to oppse same sex marriage: catholic church believes marriage is sacred union between men and women, human and divine. "the anti-social fam" written by michele barrett nd mary mcintosh: said nuclear family was anti-social, priviledged over other relatonships and could be dangerous. Normative family models do not always work: males are not always the wage earners in household, for example single moms. Family definitions guards rights: the will is granted to the imeediate family, when sick or ill the schoo/hospital contact family as oppose to friends or distant fam who are supporting you.
