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[[Image:Liberal Brain.jpg|thumb|230px|top|<center>A satirical conception of the liberal brain.</center>]]

[[Image:Liberal Brain.jpg|thumb|230px|top|<center>A satirical conception of the liberal brain.</center>]]

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

 

Liberalism encompasses a wide variety of philosophies and ideologies which value individual liberty, freedom of thought and equality of opportunities. A '''liberal''' can be a believer in many of the following political positions:

* Tax and spend government

* Tax and spend government

* Government-rationed and taxpayer-funded medical care

* Government-rationed and taxpayer-funded medical care

* Taxpayer-funded "free" [[public education]]

* Taxpayer-funded "free" [[public education]]

* The denial of inherent [[gender differences]] and wanting men and women to have the same jobs in the [[military]]

* The denial of inherent [[gender differences]] and wanting men and women to have the same access to jobs in the [[military]]

* [[Same-sex marriage]]

* [[Same-sex marriage]]

* [[Affirmative action]]

* [[Affirmative action]]

* [[Political correctness]]<ref>[http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/27429.html Politically Correct Terrorism] ''The Conservative Voice'', August 21, 2007</ref>

* [[Political correctness]]<ref>[http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/27429.html Politically Correct Terrorism] ''The Conservative Voice'', August 21, 2007</ref>

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

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

* Labor [[union]]s

* [[Labor union]]s

* Elimination of [[abstinence]]-only program funding <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>

* Elimination of [[abstinence]]-only program funding <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, thwarting the amendment process specified in the Constitution as written.

* A "[[living Constitution]]" that is reinterpreted, thwarting the amendment process specified in the Constitution as written.

* Government programs to [[rehabilitate criminals]]

* Government programs to [[rehabilitate criminals]]

* Abolition of death penalty

* Abolition of death penalty

* [[Environmentalism]]<ref>[[Greenpeace]] engages in environmentalism.</ref>

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

* [[Disarmament treaties]]

* [[Disarmament treaties]]

* [[Globalism]]<ref>See also [[Republican in name only]]</ref>

* [[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>

* 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>

* Limiting [[conservative]] talk radio by reinstating the [[Fairness Doctrine]]

* Limiting [[conservative]] talk radio by reinstating the [[Fairness Doctrine]]

* Promoting [[liberal deceit]] if it advances their goals, or at least tolerating it

* Promoting [[liberal deceit]] if it advances their goals, or at least tolerating it

* Support of the formation of a secular police state {{fact}}

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

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==See Also==

==See Also==

* [[Liberal Bias]]

* [[Liberal Bias]]

* [[Liberal Hypocrisy]]

* [[Essay:Liberal celebrity obsession|Liberal celebrity obsession]]

* [[Essay:Liberal Style]]

* [[Essay:Liberal Behavior on Conservapedia|Liberal Behavior on Conservapedia]]

* [[The Liberal Mind: The Psychological Causes of Political Madness]]

* [[Liberal Christianity]]

* [[Conservative Links]]

* [[Liberal deceit]]

* [[Liberal Democrats]]

* [[Liberal denial]]

* [[Liberal denial]]

* [[Liberal hypocrisy]]

* [[Liberal Elite]]

* [[Liberal deceit]]

* [[Essay: Liberal Falsehoods|Liberal Falsehoods]]

* [[Liberal quotient]]

* [[Liberal Gloss]]

* [[Liberal grading]]

* [[Liberal hate speech]]

* [[Liberal hate speech]]

* [[Liberal logic]]

* [[Liberal logic]]

==References==

==References==

[[Category:Politics]]

[[Category:Politics]]

[[Category:Political ideologies]]

[[Category:Political ideologies]]