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[[Image:Liberal Brain.jpg|thumb|350px|top|<center>A satirical conception of the liberal brain.</center>]]

A '''liberal''' is a person who's views reject traditional and biblical standards in favour of subjective or relative standards.

A '''liberal''' supports many of the following political positions and practices.  In one sentence, a liberal is someone who denies any harm caused by liberal [[ideology]], or even denies that liberal ideology exists.

A liberal supports many of the following political positions and practices.

* Taxpayer-funded and/or legalized [[abortion]]

* Taxpayer-funded and/or legalized [[abortion]]

* [[Political correctness]]

* [[Political correctness]]

* Support of [[labor union]]s

* Support of [[labor union]]s

* 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>

* Teaching acceptance of 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 as liberals prefer, rather than how it was intended* Government programs to [[rehabilitate criminals]]

* A "[[living Constitution]]" that is reinterpreted as liberals prefer, rather than how it was intended

* Government programs to [[rehabilitate criminals]]

* Abolition of the death penalty

* Abolition of the death penalty

* [[Environmentalism]]<ref>[[Greenpeace]], for example.</ref>

* [[Environmentalism]]<ref>[[Greenpeace]], for example.</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>

* 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]]

* In 2005, it was reported by CBS News that [[Theory of evolution and liberalism|liberals were the most likely supporters of the theory of evolution]]. Support for the [[evolution|theory of evolution]] which is a key component of [[atheistic]] ideologies in the [[Western World]].  

* In 2005, it was reported by CBS News that [[Theory of evolution and liberalism|liberals were the most likely supporters of the theory of evolution]]. The [[theory of evolution]] is a key component of [[atheistic]] ideologies in the [[Western World]].  

* Opposition to domestic wire-tapping as authorized in the [[Patriot Act]]

* Opposition to domestic wire-tapping as authorized in the [[Patriot Act]]

* Calling anyone they agree with a "professor" regardless of whether he earned that distinction based on a real peer review of his work (see, e.g., [[Richard Dawkins]] and [[Barack Obama]]).

* Calling anyone they agree with a "professor" regardless of whether he earned that distinction based on a real peer review of his work (see, e.g., [[Richard Dawkins]] and [[Barack Obama]]).

== Liberalism in North America today ==

== Liberalism in North America today ==

[[Democrats]] and many media outlets in the [[U.S.]] are often [[liberal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mrc.org/biasbasics/biasbasics1.asp|title=Media Bias basics|publisher=Media Research Center}}</ref>

[[Democrats]] and many media outlets in the [[U.S.]] are often [[liberal]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mrc.org/biasbasics/biasbasics1.asp|title=Media Bias basics|publisher=Media Research Center}}</ref>