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| | A '''liberal''' supports many of the following political positions and practices, and deny the mental and physical harm caused by teaching liberal ideology: | | A '''liberal''' supports many of the following political positions and practices, and deny the mental and physical harm caused by teaching liberal ideology: |
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| − | * A government with large spending on social programs, and high taxes to support such programs
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| | * Taxpayer-funded and/or legalized [[abortion]] | | * Taxpayer-funded and/or legalized [[abortion]] |
| | + | * [[Censorship]] of teacher-lead [[prayer]] in classrooms and school sponsored events |
| | + | * Support for [[gun control]] |
| | + | * 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> |
| | * [[Income redistribution]], usually through progressive taxation | | * [[Income redistribution]], usually through progressive taxation |
| − | * Government-rationed and taxpayer-funded medical care, such as [[Universal Health Care]] | + | * Government-rationed medical care, such as [[Universal Health Care]] |
| − | * Taxpayer-funded [[public education]] | + | * Taxpayer-funded and government-controlled [[public education]] |
| − | * The denial of inherent [[gender differences]] <!-- such as...? --> | + | * The denial of inherent [[gender differences]] |
| − | * Wanting men and women to have the same access to jobs in the [[military]] | + | * Insisting that men and women have the same access to jobs in the [[military]] |
| | * Legalized [[same-sex marriage]] | | * Legalized [[same-sex marriage]] |
| − | * Implimentation of [[affirmative action]] | + | * Implementation of [[affirmative action]] |
| | * [[Political correctness]] | | * [[Political correctness]] |
| − | * [[Censorship]] of teacher-lead [[prayer]] in classrooms and school sponsored events
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| | * Support of [[labor union]]s | | * Support of [[labor union]]s |
| − | * Teaching "comprehensive" sex-ed programs instead of [[abstinence]]-only programs.<ref> [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,286671,00.html Democrats Aim To Kill Abstinence-Only Program Funding], [[Fox News]], Monday, June 25, 2007</ref> | + | * Teaching promiscuity through sexual "education" rather than teaching [[abstinence]] from sex.<ref> [http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,286671,00.html Democrats Aim To Kill Abstinence-Only Program Funding], [[Fox News]], Monday, June 25, 2007</ref> |
| − | * A "[[living Constitution]]" that is reinterpreted in a modern context, instead of how it was originally intended | + | * A "[[living Constitution]]" that is reinterpreted as liberals prefer, rather than how it was intended* Government programs to [[rehabilitate criminals]] |
| − | * Support for [[gun control]]
| + | * Abolition of the death penalty |
| − | * Government programs to [[rehabilitate criminals]] | |
| − | * Abolition of death penalty | |
| | * [[Environmentalism]]<ref>[[Greenpeace]], for example.</ref> | | * [[Environmentalism]]<ref>[[Greenpeace]], for example.</ref> |
| | * [[Disarmament treaties]] | | * [[Disarmament treaties]] |
| | * [[Globalism]] | | * [[Globalism]] |
| | * Opposition to an interventionalist 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 an interventionalist 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>
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| | * 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> | | * 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> |
| | * Reinstating the [[Fairness Doctrine]] | | * Reinstating the [[Fairness Doctrine]] |