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In a present context, the liberal stance on current issues is as follows:

In a present context, the liberal stance on current issues is as follows:

*Liberals oppose the [[right to life]] for [[unborn]] children

*Liberals oppose the [[right to life]] for [[unborn]] children

*Liberals support homosexual marriage

*Liberals support homosexual "marriage"

*Liberals oppose the right to keep children safe from pornography

*Liberals oppose the right to keep children safe from pornography

*Liberals support legalizing all forms of drugs and chemicals on the federal level

*Liberals support legalizing all forms of drugs and chemicals on the federal level

Conjecturally, people who are liberal on political ideals...

Conjecturally, people who are liberal on political ideals...

*Use profanity.

*prefer bawdy jokes and potty humor over wordplay, even in children's movies.

*Will not accept a tax cut if it requires Donald Trump to take a tax cut as well.

*use profanity.

*Believe that the increase in number of hurricanes and other natural disasters over the last century to be evidence of climate change.

*believe Satanism is a legitimate, harmless religion, but Christianity is not.

*Think wind and solar power are environmentally safer forms of energy production.

*Dislike coal based power production on the grounds that it produces large amounts of greenhouse gases.

*will not accept a tax cut if it requires Donald Trump to take a tax cut as well.

*uncritically accept the existence of hurricanes and other natural disasters as evidence of climate change

*thinks wind power is perfectly safe for the environment, despite reports of birds being killed by the blades, and that solar power is the same, though birds get fried by the concentrated rays. Coal power they reject on the grounds that it produces carbon dioxide.

*base their perception of Christianity on its appearance in secular movies, television, and video games.

*think that the ''Huffington Post'' is a legitimate news source.

== Conservative vs. liberal birth rates ==

== Conservative vs. liberal birth rates ==

Religious conservatism is a big driver of [[social conservatism]].  Religious conservatism is growing in the world and it is affecting politics (see: [[Religious conservatism and politics]]).  

Religious conservatism is a big driver of [[social conservatism]].  Religious conservatism is growing in the world and it is affecting politics (see: [[Religious conservatism and politics]]).  

[[Image:Baby.jpg|right|thumb|250px|An unborn child in the womb. Liberals believe that an unborn child can not take away the mother's right to bodily autonomy.]]

[[Image:Baby.jpg|right|thumb|250px|An unborn child in the womb. Liberals believe that the unborn child has no right to life.]]

The Birkbeck College, University of London professor [[Eric Kaufmann]] wrote in his 2010 book ''Shall the Righteous Inherit the Earth?'' concerning the [[United States]]:

The Birkbeck College, University of London professor [[Eric Kaufmann]] wrote in his 2010 book ''Shall the Righteous Inherit the Earth?'' concerning the [[United States]]:

{{cquote|High [[evangelical Christians|evangelical]] fertility rates more than compensated for losses to [[liberal Christianity|liberal Protestant]] sects during the twentieth century. In recent decades, white [[secularism]] has surged, but Latino and Asian religious immigration has taken up the slack, keeping secularism at bay. Across denominations, the fertility advantage of religious [[fundamentalism|fundamentalists]] of all colours is significant and growing. After 2020, their demographic weight will begin to tip the balance in the culture wars towards the conservative side, ramping up pressure on hot-button issues such as [[abortion]]. By the end of the century, three quarters of America may be pro-life. Their activism will leap over the borders of the 'Redeemer Nation' to evangelize the world. Already, the rise of the World Congress of Families has launched a global [[religious right]], its arms stretching across the bloody lines of the War on Terror to embrace the entire [[Abraham]]ic family.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/why-is-year-2020-key-year-for-christian.html Why is the year 2020 a key year for Christian creationists and pro-lifers?]</ref>}}

{{cquote|High [[evangelical Christians|evangelical]] fertility rates more than compensated for losses to [[liberal Christianity|liberal Protestant]] sects during the twentieth century. In recent decades, white [[secularism]] has surged, but Latino and Asian religious immigration has taken up the slack, keeping secularism at bay. Across denominations, the fertility advantage of religious [[fundamentalism|fundamentalists]] of all colours is significant and growing. After 2020, their demographic weight will begin to tip the balance in the culture wars towards the conservative side, ramping up pressure on hot-button issues such as [[abortion]]. By the end of the century, three quarters of America may be pro-life. Their activism will leap over the borders of the 'Redeemer Nation' to evangelize the world. Already, the rise of the World Congress of Families has launched a global [[religious right]], its arms stretching across the bloody lines of the War on Terror to embrace the entire [[Abraham]]ic family.<ref>[http://questionevolution.blogspot.com/2012/05/why-is-year-2020-key-year-for-christian.html Why is the year 2020 a key year for Christian creationists and pro-lifers?]</ref>}}