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A liberal generally supports many of the following political positions and practices:

A liberal generally supports many of the following political positions and practices:

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

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

* [[Censorship]] of teacher-lead [[prayer]] in classrooms and school sponsored events

* [[Censorship]] of teacher-lead [[prayer]] in classrooms and school sponsored events

* Support for [[gun control]] in an attempt to prevent revolution against institutionalized statism

* Support for [[gun control]]

* Support of obscenity and [[pornography]]  

* 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 and hatred of work ethic

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

* Government-rationed medical care, such as [[Universal Health Care]]

* Government-rationed medical care, such as [[Universal Health Care]]

* Taxpayer-funded and government-controlled [[public education]]

* Taxpayer-funded and government-controlled [[public education]]

* The denial of inherent [[gender differences]]

* The denial of inherent [[gender differences]]

* Insisting that men and women be placed in the same jobs in the [[military]]

* Insisting that men and women be placed in the same jobs in the [[military]]

* Uncalled for support of Che Guerva

* Legalized [[same-sex marriage]]

* Mandatory [[same-sex marriage]]

* Implementation of [[affirmative action]]

* Implementation of [[affirmative action]]

* [[Political correctness]]

* [[Political correctness]]

* Support of [[labor union]]s and [[Communists]]

* Support of [[labor union]]s

* 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>

* 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

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

* Government programs to [[rehabilitate criminals]]

* Government programs to [[rehabilitate criminals]]

* Abolition of the death penalty in direct contradiction of biblical law

* Abolition of the death penalty

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

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

* [[Disarmament treaties]]

* [[Disarmament treaties]]

* [[Globalism]], also known as "New World Order"

* [[Globalism]]

* Opposition to the [[Bible]].

* Opposition to the [[Bible]].

* 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>

* 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>

* 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]]).

* Opposition of [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]], a major part of the [[War on Terrorism]] and other minorities.

* Opposition of [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]], a major part of the [[War on Terrorism]].

* "The long romance of Western leftists with some of the bloodiest regimes and political movements in history is a story not told often enough ...."<ref> [http://www.city-journal.org/2009/bc0605bt.html Dupes by Bruce S. Thornton], City Journal - 5 June 2009</ref>

* "The long romance of Western leftists with some of the bloodiest regimes and political movements in history is a story not told often enough ...."<ref> [http://www.city-journal.org/2009/bc0605bt.html Dupes by Bruce S. Thornton], City Journal - 5 June 2009</ref>