Sentences with phrase «conservative social thought»

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While I think it will be there, I go very conservative and don't factor any social security payments into my long - term plans.

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In a post about an hour ago, Deputy Editor Matthew Schmitz draws our attention to a Think Progress post that (until it was revised) stated «Social conservatives are worried about some decline in social morays and norms.&Social conservatives are worried about some decline in social morays and norms.&social morays and norms.»

Josh Barro wrote that «Social conservatives are more likely to signal openness to pro-middle class economic policies than the «hardheaded business types» who fund the party.: I think there is some truth to that, and I think that Barro's next observation is interesting and....

I don't think Rick did what he did as a sop to some social conservative vote that may have been wavering in its vote in his favor.

Josh Barro wrote that «Social conservatives are more likely to signal openness to pro-middle class economic policies than the «hardheaded business types» who fund the party.: I think there is some truth to that, and I think that Barro's next observation is interesting and also has some truth:

He goes on to say, «Many of the most powerful elements of the conservative movement are all Catholic (many converts) from the SC and think tanks to the media and social groups.

It is a mistake to think that the 2012 election results were primarily the result of conservative stances on social issues articulated by the candidates.

I think conservatives need to see these qualities for what they are — sources of the continued political and social strength of conservative ideas in America.

Right wing conservative types have a Jesus who is against gay marraige, is anti-abortion, thinks there should be prayer in school, and teaches the prosperity stuff and so on... Left wing liberal Christians quote the verses about giving up possessions, feeding and clothing the poor... inner city Christians often have a Jesus who is about social justice... we were made in His image?

If understanding our case as above all a matter of protecting religious liberty rights means that social conservatives don't think or talk that way anymore, then we are in great trouble.

His stance can be a little too conservative for my taste (mostly on social issues) but he is articulate and has some well thought out plans, not to mention he is pretty moderate and I think in this day and age we need a centrist, someone who isn't afraid to work with both sides of the aisle instead of just playing party politics and only pandering to one half of the country.

And social conservatives should think twice before linking the concern for religious liberty to a vindication of Robertson.

Joseph Bottum writes: After six years of President Bush» thought by nearly every observer to be the most socially conservative president of recent decades» where does social conservatism stand?

The dangers of conservative religious thought have frequently been noted by liberal theologians to include a kind of individualistic withdrawal from the social realities of the world.

Indeed, the clergymen recognize this: 94 per cent of the liberal ministers thought their own theological views generally encouraged their participation in social - action activities, but only 39 per cent of the most conservative clergy thought so.

The magazines move from the strongly traditional viewpoint of Moody Monthly (a viewpoint carrying on the social ethic of late nineteenth century American revivalism), through the moderately conservative stance of Christianity Today (a stance that seeks perhaps unconsciously to revive the social activism of American fundamentalism prior to the repeal of Prohibition and the Scopes trail), to the socially liberal commitment of The Reformed Journal (a position seeking to be contemporary, and yet faithful to Calvin's thought) and the socially radical perspective of Sojourners (a perspective molded in the Anabaptist tradition).

I suppose CNN thinks social conservatives are «outnumbered» when they are a majority.

This conflict has emerged between the liberal and militant activist pastors and denominational leaders, on the one hand, and a large body of more conservative laymen, on the other hand, who think the church should stick to spiritual matters and stop meddling in politics and «social» issues.

Please think seriously about splitting into 2 parties; one party for the its - all - about - the - social - issues, religious conservatives & one for the fiscallyconservative / small government crowd.

Like many social conservatives, especially Christian ones, I spend a lot of my time reading and writing about religious freedom, especially how it might be affected by the legalization of same - sex marriage and the campaign for «gay rights» more generally.Yet at the same time, I harbor doubts about the position we are staking out.You see, I sometimes think that Justice Scalia's majority opinion in Employment Division v. Smith may have been correct.

It is not without accident, I think, that some of the most creative social thought emerging today in the church is coming out of the conservative - evangelical tradition.

It's the same mentality that causes ultra conservative sects to think that with their right doctrine and right living they can weed out all moral and social ills.

Those who are involved in small groups often claim that these groups have influenced how they think on political and economic issues — for example, raising their interest in questions of peace and social justice or, in the case of conservative religious groups, generating ire about abortion and gay rights.

There, in a nutshell, is the line of thinking that made Lasch such a blister to many liberals and conservatives: his condemnation of corporate and governmental power grabs, his attachment to a robust vision of democratic citizenship, and his conviction that the social work establishment, educators, therapists, and other semi-skilled technocrats had undermined the competence of the middle class, while subjecting the poor to «new controls sincerely disguised as benevolence.»

I'm a social conservative who thinks there are moral truths we need to promote simply because they're true.

Do they really think the public will go into the polling booth thinking «oh well I would vote for Labour but they can't be trusted on the economy, and I would vote for the Conservatives but they might deliver the wrong kind of recovery, so I think I will marry economic efficiency and social justice and vote for the Liberal Democrats instead»?

And influential think - tanks such as the Resolution Foundation and the Social Market Foundation are now giving credence to the idea that the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party may have more credible post-2015 deficit reduction strategies than a majority Conservative government.

Asked Thursday about his old stances on same - sex marriage, Maragos said: «I've evolved on some of those social principles,» but added, «I am a fiscal conservative, and I think that's what our county needs.»

«I think I have a good record on guns, I have a good record on social issues and the environment, and I'm a fiscal conservative,» he said.

I think this is because you all view politics through a prism that sees seats and social classes as belonging to a party so the rise in UKIP in the North looks like the «fault» of Labour when its as plain as the nose on your face that they simply replaced the Conservatives, who were down to third place in some cases and the Lib Dems who were down to 4th and sometimes fifth.

Mr Aitken is to lead a study for the Centre for Social Justice (CSJ), a think tank headed by Iain Duncan Smith which advises Conservative party leader David Cameron on social iSocial Justice (CSJ), a think tank headed by Iain Duncan Smith which advises Conservative party leader David Cameron on social isocial issues.

A lot of social conservatives will think «There's no one I like, but McCain is better than Giuliani or Romney, so I'll take the best I can get.»

Some of the controversy was to be expected: It's no surprise that fiscal conservatives think it's another costly social program with uncertain returns.

The formidable Conservative backbench support for transferable tax allowances shows how crucial marriage is to Tory thinking about social policy.

Whenever you doubt that think of my list above or this simple fact: NYC has stayed in the black for twelve years (even though the mayor claimed otherwise more than once just to keep us fiscally conservative) and unlike many cities with far less social programs, NYC never had to entertain bankruptcy (e.g., Detroit goes under with $ 18 billion debt but NYC thrives with a $ 24 billion budget for DOE alone).

Mr. Halloran thought Mr. Smith, as a leading African - American politician who was also a social conservative, would make an attractive candidate who could «change the face of the Republican Party.»

That might not be far from the truth: a 2015 study in Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin suggests liberals and conservatives think as though they come if not from different planets, at least from radically different cultures.

Conservatives think it's a problem to include social justice issues in the reform movement, because it threatens to splinter coalitions by introducing divisive racial and social issues.

If today's patriots are a big - tent group of conservatives and social justice warriors, Millenials and baby boomers, think tankers and classroom teachers, then our tyrants are devotees to hyper - partisanship, a one - size - fits - all philosophy, and a mindset that twists «equity» into opportunity for some, not all.

Robert Pondiscio, senior fellow, and vice president for external affairs of the conservative - leaning education think tank The Thomas Fordham Institute suggests meanwhile that the trend toward emphasizing student differences could be promoting social division rather than unity.

Fieler, a prominent social conservative who has spent big in the past to fight gay marriage, said he has directed his organization to spend $ 500,000 organizing the Common Core opposition and connecting it to his think tank's long - standing drive for school choice.

Black Cincinnati, who had no stake in the CAC but who were social conservatives, thought it was a lot of white nonsense.»

While I may not be unbiased, since the author draws upon work Aaron McCright and I have done, I think this is a very insightful use and extension of social science research that is packaged in a manner that is likely to be effective in reaching a crucial audience — presumably a heavily conservative, white male one.

Where do the rank and file voters hear about conservative arguments and alternatives to the group think of CAGW, «social justice,» redistribution of income, class warfare and other propaganda of the left?

A survey by Inbar and Lammers on Political Diversity in Social and Personal Psychology found only 6 % who identified as conservative, that respondents significantly underestimated the proportion of conservatives among them and that conservatives feared revealing their political thoughts for fear of reprisal, of which the study concluded conservatives had good reason for this fear.

It had been depoliticised, and rather than emphasising alternatives to capitalism, became preoccupied with identity, tradition and social order — tropes that belonged to conservative thought in previous generations.

A study reported in an upcoming issue of the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology recently summarized in an article in Vox found that pretty much everyone — liberals and conservatives alike — will do a lot to avoid even finding out what their opponents think or why they think it.

John Bolch at Family Lore comments as well, and separately notes «that Conservative think tank the Centre for Social Justice will recommend that there be a compulsory three - month «cooling off» period before divorce proceedings can be commenced, one of a number of proposals contained in a report Every Family Matters, to be published [July 13].»

But it ended up revealing as much about conservative thought as it did about social media.