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A '''liberal''' is a believer in many of the following political positions:
 
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* Tax and spend government
 
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* Taxpayer-funded [[abortion]]
 
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* [[Income redistribution]], usually through progressive taxation
 
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* Government-rationed and taxpayer-funded medical care
 
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* Taxpayer-funded "free" [[public education]]
 
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* The denial of inherent [[gender differences]] and wanting men and women to have the same jobs in the [[military]]
 
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* [[Same-sex marriage]]
 
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* [[Affirmative action]]
 
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* [[Political correctness]]<ref>[http://www.theconservativevoice.com/article/27429.html Politically Correct Terrorism] ''The Conservative Voice'', August 21, 2007</ref>
 
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* [[Censorship]] of [[prayer]] in classrooms and school sponsored events
 
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* Labor [[union]]s
 
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* 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>
 
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* A "[[living Constitution]]" that is reinterpreted, thwarting the amendment process specified in the Constitution as written.
 
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* Support for [[gun control]]
 
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* Government programs to [[rehabilitate criminals]]
 
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* Abolition of death penalty
 
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* [[Environmentalism]]<ref>[[Greenpeace]], for example.</ref>
 
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* [[Disarmament treaties]]
 
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* [[Globalism]]
 
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* 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>
 
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* 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>
 
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* Limiting [[conservative]] talk radio by reinstating the [[Fairness Doctrine]]
 
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* Promoting [[liberal deceit]] if it advances their goals, or at least tolerating it
 
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Revision as of 22:58, February 29, 2008

If you tremble indignation at every injustice then you are a comrade of mine.