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	Social conservatism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Social conservatism is a belief in traditional or natural law-based morality and social mores and the desire to preserve these in present day society, often through civil law or regulation.
		Proponents of social conservatism counter that many "modern" values are also vapid and corrupt, often pointing to the deterioration of the traditional nuclear family over the past century as a result of increased social acceptance of divorce, promiscuity, and homosexuality.
		It may be, for instance, socially conservative to promote "traditional" marriage in a Protestant, mainstream Mormon, or Catholic community, but socially conservative to promote polygamy in a devoutly Muslim or fundamentalist Mormon community.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Social_conservatives (287 words)

	Conservatism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Conservatives who adhere to the natural often appeal to organic metaphors, such as the notion of society as a living organism.
		Burkean conservatives value them for their own sake, because they are the result of long experience, but religious conservatives may use 'community values' as a euphemism for their own Christian values, or even for theonomy.
		The Conservative Party in Britain was a staunch defender of the British Empire, and was responsible for initial brutal repression of African decolonisation.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Conservative (5789 words)

	The Great Divide: Ethical Divisions between Social Liberals and Social Conservatives Regarding Sexual Behavior
		Generally speaking, the socially liberal are found on the center-left of the political spectrum, and include labor unions, women's and gay rights organizations, human-rights tribunals, much of the popular media, a good proportion of the "intelligentsia"," and, it may be argued, the judiciary.
		Social conservatives tend to occupy the political right, and may be found in large numbers among those who adhere to organized religions, and many immigrant cultural groups.
		The socially liberal appear to be in the ascendancy and have been remarkably successful in achieving many of their goals to "modernize" culture and society.
	www.narth.com /docs/greatdivide.html (1478 words)

	The Social Issue Conservatives Won’t Touch - David Oatney (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Social conservatives should be justly proud that they were able to mobilize even those who voted for John Kerry to vote to protect marriage, as exit polls showed in states such as Ohio on election night.
		Conservatives have made all kinds of political noise over the last year about bringing the notion of gay marriage to an end, as well they should, but many conservatives have done little to try and stop the threat posed to the American family by an insanely high divorce rate.
		The conservative movement holds as the cornerstone of its social theory that the traditional family is the building block of society as a whole, and that without the family, the larger society will collapse.
	www.americandaily.com /article/5901 (892 words)

	Boston.com / News / Local / Social conservatives skeptical of Romney's viability in 2008
		Though Romney is generally viewed as a conservative in the Massachusetts political climate, among activists who are crucial in GOP presidential politics, he is seen as a moderate on the two key subjects -- abortion and gay rights -- that galvanized voters on a moral issues agenda in the recently completed presidential campaign.
		As for gay marriage, Romney's troubles with social conservatives stem from his support of a proposed state constitutional amendment that would ban same-sex marriage but allow gay couples to join in civil unions that would provide many of the benefits and obligations of marriage.
		Despite the concerns of social conservatives, many political analysts still give Romney a fair chance of emerging as a strong contender for the GOP nomination in 2008, if he chooses to run.
	www.boston.com /news/local/articles/2004/11/14/social_conservatives_skeptical_of_romneys_viability_in_2008 (447 words)

	News Analysis: Social conservatives kept to the kiddie table
		But while it’s clear that the economic conservatives (pro-tax cut and anti-regulation) and the national security conservatives (pleased with the war on terrorism) are sitting with the grown-ups in the West Wing, it’s also apparent that the social conservatives have been relegated to the kiddie table.
		The problem, of course, is that the social conservatives are viewed as intolerant -- and that is among the worst things to be in American politics.
		Social conservatives and their representatives in Washington, moreover, are “inclined to welcome any Republican,” particularly after eight years of Bill Clinton, says Schwartz.
	www.natcath.com /NCR_Online/archives/021502/021502g.htm (1257 words)

	Bush Upsets Some Supporters (washingtonpost.com)
		Social conservatives who helped stoke record turnout for Bush in the 2004 election expressed concern that he is dropping the issue he passionately touted during the campaign now that he has been reelected.
		The president is sensitive to the concerns of social conservatives and has tried to reassure them over the past two days that he remains as committed as ever to outlawing same-sex marriage, according to White House officials.
		Social conservatives agree it is an uphill fight in the Senate.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/articles/A19167-2005Jan18.html?sub=AR (774 words)

	Independent Gay Forum: Sullivan, Andrew. 'If It's Not a Crime to be Gay, Why Can't We Get Married?'
		Moreover, the social transformation of the last decade cannot simply be gainsaid: A poll this week for USA Today found that 67% of the 18-29 age group believe that gay marriage would benefit society.
		The majority of social conservatives oppose gay marriage; they oppose gay citizens serving their country in the military; they oppose gay citizens raising children; they oppose protecting gay citizens from workplace discrimination; they oppose including gays in hate-crime legislation, while including every other victimized group; they oppose civil unions; they oppose domestic partnerships; they oppose.
		At times, the social conservative position is almost perversely inconsistent: Many oppose what they see as gay promiscuity; but even more strongly, they oppose any social measures that would encourage gay monogamy, such as marriage.
	www.indegayforum.org /authors/sullivan/sullivan14.html (1149 words)

	Social conservatives have reason to be optimistic
		Nationally, socially conservative groups hit the ground running, interpreting President Bush's re-election as a mandate on social issues large and small.
		Conservative activists supplied the winning margin for Bush in a narrow, second-term victory, and their contribution is well known among Bush's political advisers.
		And unlike 2000, when about 4 million social conservatives stayed away from the polls because of their doubts about Bush's support, this time they flocked to polls in unprecedented numbers.
	seattlepi.nwsource.com /national/198155_moral04.html (1349 words)

	LifeSite Special Report - You Better Get Used to Us, There Are A Lot More Social Conservatives Around Than You Think
		Truth is, social conservatives are a loose and shifting group who come together on various issues at various times.
		The Reform/Alliance was a coalition consisting of social conservatives, free-enterprise capitalists and libertarians.
		But then again, I think it would be great to see social conservatives from all our parties and traditions begin to reinsert their most deeply held convictions into our nation's political discourse.
	www.lifesite.net /ldn/2002/jan/020128a.html (1239 words)

	Analysis: Social conservatives don't trust courts - (United Press International) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		Conservatives recognize the reality that they very well could, and arguably will if history serves as a guide, ultimately lose both arguments in the courts.
		While conservatives have been successful in limiting access to abortion, they have not stopped the performance of the procedure, a factor arguably driving the annual introduction of constitutional bans on abortion and the inclusion of a provision in the GOP's political platform for the Republican National Convention calling for a constitutional ban on the procedure.
		As Rep. Barney Frank, D-Mass, has pointed out, social conservatives failed in their argument against the legalization of interracial marriage citing a similar thesis and what many opponents categorized as the will of the people, while decrying the actions of judges ending racial-segregation laws around the country.
	www.washtimes.com /upi-breaking/20040827-114112-2668r.htm (889 words)

	Social Marketing: The Next Frontier For Social Conservatives -- 12/11/2002
		Some of the biggest proponents of social marketing are those who consider "positive" social change to be promoting the use of condoms and birth control or other issues that represent the agenda of social liberalism.
		But social marketing is at heart a value-neutral discipline, and I daresay that we would do well to start studying these campaigns too, harnessing their lessons whenever possible in order to start moving our society closer toward our vision of what is the better life to live.
		Social conservatives need to think more about how we can better reach and influence the people who need to hear our message, but will not receive it if they do not belong to a conservative Christian church or an Orthodox synagogue.
	www.cnsnews.com /ViewPrint.asp?Page=\Commentary\archive\200212\COM20021211c.html (1288 words)

	Ramesh Ponnuru on Social Security on National Review Online
		On Social Security, Mueller's argument is that requiring workers to pay for the retirements of their parents' generation while also pre-funding their own retirements in personal accounts will, again, cause them to scant investments in human capital.
		What has changed the politics of Social Security is, well, investment — the increasing enthusiasm of Americans for the kind of investment that Mueller says conservatives overvalue to their own political detriment.
		Conservatives should think carefully about how economic policies can be made less hostile to families as well as to work: On this point, Mueller is right and the most doctrinaire supply-siders wrong.
	www.nationalreview.com /ponnuru/ponnuru200411241100.asp (1214 words)

	EVOTE.COM - Social Conservatives Want Payback, May Not Get It In Gonzales (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		The expectations game is in full swing, with social conservatives clearly expecting better things from the president, in light of polls showing they came out in large numbers to aid his victory.
		Conservatives are wary of Gonzales because of a 2000 Texas Supreme Court opinion he’d written upholding a teenager’s right to have an abortion without notifying her parents.
		Social conservatives love to think of future Scalias and Thomases taking their place among the high back leather chairs that only nine people get to use at a time.
	www.evote.com /features_section/2004-11/11122004bush.asp (1563 words)

	Constitutional Conservatives and Social Conservatives: An Uneasy Coalition -- 10/31/2000
		The post-war conservative movement, which began with the near-nomination of Robert Taft to be the GOP nominee for president in 1952 and then succeeded with the nomination of Barry Goldwater as the GOP nominee for president in 1964, was largely focused on issues based on the Constitution of the United States.
		The social conservatives were largely Religious Southern Democrats and urban Catholic Democrats who could not stomach what their party had done on school prayer, busing, abortion, the equal rights amendment and other such social issues.
		But social conservatives said that pornography is harmful to kids and if the Constitution has to be bent a bit to stop it then so be it because this social evil simply must be confronted head on.
	www.cnsnews.com /ViewCommentary.asp?Page=\Commentary\Archive\200010\com20001031a.html (929 words)

	Matthew Yglesias: The Case For Sneering
		a) I don't sneer at social conservatives because it is rude.
		Social conservatives are not the only group that, if they thought about it, would realize that they aren't being served by the party for which they routinely vote (i.e.
		social conservatives may always have existed, but the religious right is a relatively new phenomenon--for a long time theological conservatives deliberately avoided involvement with the polluting forces of politics.
	yglesias.typepad.com /matthew/2005/01/the_case_for_sn.html (7314 words)

	Boston.com / News / Nation / Social conservatives see advance of right-to-life effort (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		''Social conservatives will make their feelings even more known on the whole issue of judges, especially if a federal judge allows the feeding tube to stay out and she dies," said Keith Appell, a leading conservative strategist.
		But the case does not present a clean Republican-Democrat split, and social conservatives yesterday maintained that they have bipartisan support to move forward on legislation that would grant the right of a federal court review to relatives of patients who have been ordered off life support by a state judge.
		And social conservatives expressed the hope that the Schiavo case will add a human face to their movement -- on another right-to-life issue besides abortion -- as they press for like-minded judges.
	www.boston.com /news/nation/articles/2005/03/22/legal_process_allows_politics_to_envelop_schiavo_case (766 words)

	Angering state social conservatives \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		The shotgun marriage between Arnold Schwarzenegger and California's social conservatives has not only seen its honeymoon come to an end, but the fragile union itself now appears to be on the rocks.
		Some conservatives also have been angered by Schwarzenegger's refusal to overturn recommendations of the state parole board to release convicted murderers who have served more than their minimum sentences.
		Although Schwarzenegger never claimed to be a social conservative, at this point he is free to roam as far to the left on these issues as he likes.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20041001/news_lz1e1wein.html (824 words)

	Evangelicals frustrated by Bush - The Washington Times: Nation/Politics (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
		I think his biggest problem will be social conservatives who are not motivated to work for the ticket and to ensure their fellow Christians get to the polling booth," said Robert H. Knight, director of the Culture and Family Institute.
		Their list of grievances is long, but right now social conservatives are mad over what many consider the president's failure to strongly condemn illegal homosexual "marriages" being performed in San Francisco under the authority of Mayor Gavin Newsom.
		Conservative Christian concerns with White House leadership extend beyond homosexuality, pornography and abortion to issues of art, education and law.
	www.washtimes.com /national/20040219-115609-3712r.htm (923 words)

	Des Moines Register: Forbes, Bauer court social conservatives - November 8, 1999
		A key constituency in those caucuses will be the social conservatives, those participants motivated by their strong views on subjects such as abortion, gay rights, gun control and traditional family values.
		Former commentator Alan Keyes also is working to get social conservatives to back him, but polls show his campaign has not been generating the same level of support that he received when he ran in 1996.
		University of Iowa social science Professor Arthur Miller, who directs the school's Social Science Institute that does polls on politics, said his research indicates Bauer is doing a better job of winning the hearts of social conservatives.
	www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/11/08/dmr.social.conservatives (900 words)

	ESR \| March 28, 2005 \| The problem isn't libertarians or social conservatives – it's today's GOP
		Yet many social conservatives feel that the Republican Party and the larger conservative movement suffer from the opposite problem: pro-life and pro-family forces supply the votes that put GOP candidates over the top, but in their view economic conservatives get to set the policy.
		But the Holy Week legislation passed by Congress was a last-minute and ultimately futile gesture, the latest in a long line of futile gestures aimed at social conservatives, including constitutional amendments pertaining to abortion, school prayer and marriage that have gone nowhere regardless of how many Republicans hold seats in the House or Senate.
		Conservatives are often too quick to view the libertarian and traditionalist strains of their movement as contradictory instead of complementary.
	www.enterstageright.com /archive/articles/0305/0305probgop.htm (710 words)

	MANNING RELEGATES SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES TO THE BACK OF THE BUS - AGAIN
		In the Reform Party, social conservative issues such as legal protection for the unborn were left to referenda to decide while constitutional initiatives such as the triple E Senate and recall were clear party policy.
		Manning's handling of the Reform Party was his exclusion of many social conservative individuals and groups from any significant influence on the party's inner circle.
		Manning's determination to continue to push social issues onto the back burner of any new 'conservative ' political unity movement and his by-passing of Alliance constitutional principles will come as a shock to the many Alliance members for whom these issues are of great importance.
	www.lifesite.net /ldn/2001/aug/01081501.html (943 words)

	Social conservatives, critics clash on phonics [Free Republic]
		Now, social conservatives on the State Board of Education are pressing for more phonics in reading textbooks that are up for board approval this week.
		Critics contend the conservatives' agenda is driven by a desire to have a more rigid learning structure in schools, one that avoids critical thinking by students.
		The core of her support, however, comes from the six board members aligned with social conservative groups.
	www.freerepublic.com /forum/a3825860d328c.htm (1240 words)

	Republicans & Conservatives:: Social Security and Budgets
		If we decided tomorrow to recognize Social Security promises as obligations, then this would be a huge "cost" in accounting terms, but no change in economic terms.
		Part of their Social Security will be paid under the current system, part of it under the new system.
		Total extra cost is still zero, but unless the economy completely tanks for decades (in which case there was going to be other problems in paying Social Security) they will have a much higher return on their 'investment' into the fund.
	watchblog.com /republicans/archives/001565.html (1015 words)

	Kenneth L. Connor on Gays & Social Conservatives on National Review Online
		amesh Ponnuru's NRO piece Wednesday on gays and social conservatives was off the mark in several respects.
		While I do not presume to speak for all social conservatives, I can speak for Family Research Council, which was one of the first organizations to object to Republican National Committee Chairman Marc Racicot's meeting with the Human Rights Campaign.
		Finally, Ponnuru sniffs at the idea that social conservatives might stay home in the 2004 election if the GOP and President Bush are perceived as going wobbly on the defense of marriage and other pro-family issues.
	www.nationalreview.com /comment/comment-connor052203.asp (719 words)

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