Ideology: Left
Left of Center, Liberal, Ultra-Liberal, Progressive

   
What does it mean to be a liberal?

You are concerned with individual rights & liberties. You are often in favor of government intervention and government programs (pro-regulation). You lean toward the monitoring of business. You get excited by new government initiatives like sending man to Mars.

A left of center or "liberal" individual tends to philosophically believe in a majority of these political positions. It's not a perfect list, but generalizations of a liberal leaning philosophy:

• Abolition of the death penalty
• Believe in affirmative action
• Belief in reinstating the Fairness Doctrine
• Disapprove of teacher-lead prayer in classrooms & school sponsored religious events
• Equal opportunities for men and women in the military
• Favor equal opportunity & denial of gender differences
• Government-rationed & taxpayer-funded medical care (example: Universal Health Care Coverage)
• Government spends big on social programs (also higher taxes to fund these programs)
• Income redistribution (through progressive taxation)
• Legalizing abortion & pro-choice
• Legalizing same-sex marriages
• Oppose an American foreign policy of continuous intervention
• Oppose domestic wire-tapping & other intrusive acts (as authorized in the Patriot Act)
• Oppose full private property rights
• Support protection of our environment
• Support of labor unions
• Support Globalism ("one world government")
• Support obscenity and pornography as our First Amendment right
• Support teaching comprehensive sexual education programs in schools (as opposed to abstinence-only programs)
• Support a "Living Constitution" reinterpreted for modern times (not how it was originally written & intended)
• Support disarmament treaties
• Support gun control laws
• Support government programs to rehabilitate criminals in society
• Taxpayer-funded public education system

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