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| | * Spending money on government programs. | | * Spending money on government programs. |
| | * Government solving economic problems<ref>http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/conservative-vs-liberal-beliefs</ref> | | * Government solving economic problems<ref>http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/conservative-vs-liberal-beliefs</ref> |
| − | * The belief that terrorism is not a huge threat, and that the only reason radical Muslim extremists hate us is because of bad foreign policy <ref>http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/conservative-vs-liberal-beliefs</ref> | + | * The belief that terrorism is not a huge threat, and that the only reason Muslim extremists hate us is because of bad foreign policy <ref>http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/conservative-vs-liberal-beliefs</ref> |
| | * Taxpayer-funded and/or legalized [[abortion]] | | * Taxpayer-funded and/or legalized [[abortion]] |
| | * Prohibition of teacher-led [[prayer]] in classrooms and school/state-sponsored religious events | | * Prohibition of teacher-led [[prayer]] in classrooms and school/state-sponsored religious events |
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| | * Affirmative action<ref>http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/conservative-vs-liberal-beliefs</ref> | | * Affirmative action<ref>http://www.studentnewsdaily.com/conservative-vs-liberal-beliefs</ref> |
| | * Support of obscenity, pornography and violence in video games 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> | | * Support of obscenity, pornography and violence in video games 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> |
| − | * Government-aided medical care, such as [[Universal Health Care]] | + | * Government-funded medical care, such as [[Obamacare]] |
| | * Taxpayer-funded and government-controlled [[public education]] | | * Taxpayer-funded and government-controlled [[public education]] |
| | * The denial of traditional [[gender roles]] | | * The denial of traditional [[gender roles]] |
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| | * Support and spreading of [[political correctness]] | | * Support and spreading of [[political correctness]] |
| | * Support of non-syndicalist [[labor union|labor unions]] | | * Support of non-syndicalist [[labor union|labor unions]] |
| − | * Teaching acceptance of promiscuity through sexual education (the teaching of safe sex) 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> | + | * Encouraging promiscuity through sexual education (the teaching of safe sex) 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]] |
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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]] |
| − | * 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]]. | + | * 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]]. |
| | * Opposition to domestic wire-tapping as authorized in the [[Patriot Act]] | | * Opposition to domestic wire-tapping as authorized in the [[Patriot Act]] |
| | * Opposition of [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]], a major part of the [[War on Terrorism]] | | * Opposition of [[Operation Iraqi Freedom]], a major part of the [[War on Terrorism]] |