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title: "Families and relationships"
date: "2025-01-30T11:39:46+00:00"
modified: "2025-01-30T11:42:46+00:00"
url: "https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/res_perspective/families-and-relationships/"
post_id: 4781
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# Families and relationships

What are humanist views on marriage, divorce, and bringing up children? Where do humanists stand on questions about sex and contraception?

[Download humanist perspective](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/4/2025/01/Families-and-relationships-humanist-perspective.pdf)

[Humanists UK reflection on the same-sex marriage act](https://humanists.uk/2024/04/05/10-years-on-humanists-uk-reflects-on-same-sex-marriage-act-coming-into-force/)

[Humanists UK’s campaign for legal recognition of humanist marriage](https://humanists.uk/campaigns/human-rights-and-equality/marriage-laws/)

[Interview with Laura Lacole on her campaign for legal recognition of humanist marriage in Northern Ireland ](https://understandinghumanism.org.uk/res_films/the-case-for-legalising-humanist-marriage/)

[Humanist Heritage article on the history of humanist campaigning on reproductive rights](https://heritage.humanists.uk/article/reproductive-rights/)

[Humanist Heritage article on the pill](https://heritage.humanists.uk/object/the-pill/)