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A '''Liberal''' is a believer in many of the following political positions:

A '''Liberal''' is a believer in many of the following political positions:

* denial of inherent [[gender differences]], leading to things such as wanting men and women to have the same jobs in the [[military]] (while quietly holding them to different standards)

* denial of inherent [[gender differences]], leading to things such as wanting men and women to have the same jobs in the [[military]].

* taxpayer-funded [[abortion]]

* taxpayer-funded [[abortion]]

* [[same-sex marriage]]

* [[same-sex marriage]]

* government-controlled medical care

* government-controlled medical care

* labor [[union]]s

* labor [[union]]s

* [[income redistribution]], usually through progressive taxation

* [[income redistribution]], usually through progressive taxation

* a "[[living Constitution]]" that is reinterpreted rather than an unchanging Constitution as written

* a "[[living Constitution]]" that is reinterpreted rather than an unchanging Constitution as written

* [[globalism]]

* [[globalism]]

* opposition to a strong American foreign policy <ref>Stefaan Walgrave and Joris Verhulst, [http://nicomedia.math.upatras.gr/conf/CAWM2003/Papers/Verhulst.pdf The February 15 Worldwide Protests against a War in Iraq: An Empirical Test of Transnational Opportunities. Outline of a Research Programme](PDF).</ref>

* opposition to a strong American foreign policy <ref>Stefaan Walgrave and Joris Verhulst, [http://nicomedia.math.upatras.gr/conf/CAWM2003/Papers/Verhulst.pdf The February 15 Worldwide Protests against a War in Iraq: An Empirical Test of Transnational Opportunities. Outline of a Research Programme](PDF).</ref>

* support of obscenity and pornography as a [[First Amendment]] right<ref>The [[Warren Court]], led by [[liberal]] Justices [[William O. Douglas]], [[Hugo Black]], [[Abe Fortas]], [[William Brennan]] and Chief Justice [[Earl Warren]] issued 36 decisions granting [[First Amendment]] rights to obscenity and pornography.  These decisions remain fully supported by liberals today.</ref>

* Supporting private rights by opposing the so called "Patriot Act".  

* opposition to full private property rights<ref>For example, the liberal wing of the [[U.S. Supreme Court]] issued the 5-4 [[Kelo v. City of New London]] decision authorizing the taking of private property by government in order to give the property to another private entity rather than convert it to a public use.</ref>

 

== Cartoon Depiction of the [[Liberal]] Viewpoints ==

== Cartoon Depiction of the [[Liberal]] Viewpoints ==

[[Image:Liberal Brain.jpg]]

[[Image:Liberal Brain.jpg]]