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The '''American Solidarity Party''' ('''ASP''') is a [[Christian democracy|Christian Democratic]] political party in the United States. Its motto is “Common Good, Common Ground, Common Sense.”<ref name="Longenecker2016">{{cite web|url=http://aleteia.org/2016/05/12/is-it-time-for-an-american-christian-democracy-party/|title=Is It Time for a US Christian Democracy Party?|last=Longenecker|first=Dwight|date=12 May 2016|publisher=Aleteia|language=English|accessdate=4 July 2016|quote=In 2011 the Christian Democratic Party USA was formed, and after the 2012 election it was re-named as the American Solidarity Party. Small political parties in the United States do not have a great track record, but given the choices available to Christians, the American Solidarity Party may offer a way to vote according to one’s conscience and according to their simple motto: Common Good. Common Ground. Common Sense.}}</ref>  

The '''American Solidarity Party''' ('''ASP''') is a [[Christian democracy|Christian Democratic]] political party in the United States. Its motto is “Common Good, Common Ground, Common Sense.”<ref name="Longenecker2016">{{cite web|url=http://aleteia.org/2016/05/12/is-it-time-for-an-american-christian-democracy-party/|title=Is It Time for a US Christian Democracy Party?|last=Longenecker|first=Dwight|date=12 May 2016|publisher=Aleteia|language=English|accessdate=4 July 2016|quote=In 2011 the Christian Democratic Party USA was formed, and after the 2012 election it was re-named as the American Solidarity Party. Small political parties in the United States do not have a great track record, but given the choices available to Christians, the American Solidarity Party may offer a way to vote according to one’s conscience and according to their simple motto: Common Good. Common Ground. Common Sense.}}</ref>  

The political position of the American Solidarity Party is centrist ([[moderate]]) and as a result, its platform is [[Christian right|socially conservative]] and [[Economic liberalism|economically liberal]]. Therefore, the ASP holds to socially conservative views such as adhering to a [[pro-life]] position with regard to abortion, capital punishment and euthanasia, as well as opposition to [[same-sex marriage]] and opposition to [[pornography]]. With regard to economics, labor issues and foreign policy, the American Solidarity Party is liberal, seeing the "moderate [[welfare state]] as the public expression of every citizen’s responsibility for his poor brother or sister."<ref name="Longenecker">{{cite web|url=http://aleteia.org/2016/05/12/is-it-time-for-an-american-christian-democracy-party/|title=Is It Time for a US Christian Democracy Party?|last=Longenecker|first=Dwight|date=12 May 2016|publisher=Aleteia|language=English|accessdate=4 July 2016}}</ref> As such, the American Solidarity Party notably opposes [[conscription]], and favors "equal access to the polls, the courts, housing, education, and credit".<ref name="ASPPlatform"/> In addition, it supports "amnesty and a path to citizenship" for immigrants currently residing in the United States and "oppose[s] the militarization and fortification of our national borders".<ref name="ASPPlatform"/> With regard to healthcare, the ASP advocates the creation of a decentralized ‘single-payer’ system.<ref name="ASPPlatform"/> It supports the dignity of work, as well as [[Environmental protection|stewardship for creation]], advocating for "generous funding for research in safe and [[renewable energy|renewable sources of energy]], such as solar and wind-power."<ref name="ASPPlatform">{{cite web|url=http://www.solidarity-party.org/|title=Complete Platform|publisher=American Solidarity Party (ASP)|language=English|accessdate=4 July 2016}}</ref>

The political position of the American Solidarity Party is [[centrist]] ([[moderate]]) and as a result, its platform is [[Christian right|socially conservative]] and [[Economic liberalism|economically liberal]]. Therefore, the ASP holds to socially conservative views such as adhering to a [[pro-life]] position with regard to abortion, capital punishment and euthanasia, as well as opposition to [[same-sex marriage]] and opposition to [[pornography]]. With regard to economics, labor issues and foreign policy, the American Solidarity Party is liberal, seeing the "moderate [[welfare state]] as the public expression of every citizen’s responsibility for his poor brother or sister."<ref name="Longenecker">{{cite web|url=http://aleteia.org/2016/05/12/is-it-time-for-an-american-christian-democracy-party/|title=Is It Time for a US Christian Democracy Party?|last=Longenecker|first=Dwight|date=12 May 2016|publisher=Aleteia|language=English|accessdate=4 July 2016}}</ref> As such, the American Solidarity Party notably opposes [[conscription]], and favors "equal access to the polls, the courts, housing, education, and credit".<ref name="ASPPlatform"/> In addition, it supports "amnesty and a path to citizenship" for immigrants currently residing in the United States and "oppose[s] the militarization and fortification of our national borders".<ref name="ASPPlatform"/> With regard to healthcare, the ASP advocates the creation of a decentralized ‘single-payer’ system.<ref name="ASPPlatform"/> It supports the dignity of work, as well as [[Environmental protection|stewardship for creation]], advocating for "generous funding for research in safe and [[renewable energy|renewable sources of energy]], such as solar and wind-power."<ref name="ASPPlatform">{{cite web|url=http://www.solidarity-party.org/|title=Complete Platform|publisher=American Solidarity Party (ASP)|language=English|accessdate=4 July 2016}}</ref>

==History==

==History==