Ethical Issues In Pre-Marital Marriage And Private Extramarital Marriage

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A wife is wanting a divorce after discovering her husband’s unfaithfulness, however, the husband does not wish to get a divorce. Rachel Anne contacted an attorney in order to begin the divorce proceedings and Eugene seemed accepting of the divorce until child custody became a controversy point. Rachel Anne and Eugene agreed to enter mediation with Greg as their mediator. (ACU, 2015).
Minister’s Role as Counselor and Mediator
I am or have been in the past both minster and friend to both Rachel Anne and Eugene and hold these relationships as significant, however, for the purposes of this mediation I am also serving as your mediator. Because I have been meeting with Eugene at church, privately for counseling, everything said during those private …show more content…

283). Rachel Anne is from a tradition religious family and was brought up to value the teachings of the church and adultery is an ethical issue which goes directly against her faith. However, Eugene comes from a different type of upbringing, being raised by a single mother without a steady father figure in his life.
Pre-marital Sex
Though Rachel Anne knew of Eugene’s pre-marital sexual relations and he admitted the transgressions, it still is an important ethical issue for Rachel Anne. Pre-marital sex “refers to sexual relations that occur prior to marriage” and is referred to as fornication in the Bible (Thiroux and Krasemann, pg. 275). Rachel Anne admits Eugene’s behavior prior to their marriage bothered her before the recent events and she states she does not want the children to think it acceptable to partake in such acts.
Homosexual Sex
Homosexual sex, in this case, the “sexual attraction or love for a man by a man” (Thiroux and Krasemann, pg. 281) violates the traditional teachings of Rachel Anne’s religion. (Thiroux and Krasemann, pg. 272). Eugene has admitted he had participated in such acts before his marriage to Rachel Anne but did not disclose these acts until after their

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