Sentences with phrase «conservative values of community»

Brooks's accusation that traditional Republican principles have been corrupted in favour of libertarian ones harkens back to the conservative values of community and custom, defended by the likes of Burke and Russell Kirk.

Not exact matches

The overriding aim of the new black conservatives is to undermine the position of black liberals and replace them with black Republicans, who downplay governmental regulation and stress market mechanisms and success - oriented values in black communities.

Graduate students, on the other hand, are beginning to reappropriate the «conservative» values of meaning, rootedness and community.

In describing and accounting for the lives of the Religious Right, which we define simply as religious conservatives with a considerable involvement in political activity, the book and the series tell the story primarily by focusing on leading episodes in the movement's history, including, but not limited to, the groundwork laid by Billy Graham in his relationships with presidents and other prominent political leaders; the resistance of evangelical and other Protestants to the candidacy of the Roman Catholic John F. Kennedy; the rise of what has been called the New Right out of the ashes of Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964; a battle over sex education in Anaheim, California, in the mid-1960's; a prolonged cultural war over textbooks in West Virginia in the early 1970's — and that is a battle that has been fought less violently in community after community all over the country; the thrill conservative Christians felt over the election of a «born - again» Christian to the Presidency in 1976 and the subsequent disappointment they experienced when they found out that Jimmy Carter was, of all things, a Democrat; the rise of the Moral Majority and its infatuation with Ronald Reagan; the difficulty the Religious Right has had in dealing with abortion, homosexuality and AIDS; Pat Robertson's bid for the presidency and his subsequent launching of the Christian Coalition; efforts by Dr. James Dobson and Gary Bauer to win a «civil war of values» by changing the culture at a deeper level than is represented by winning elections; and, finally, by addressing crucial questions about the appropriate relationship between religion and politics or, as we usually put it, between church and state.

Crucially, the type of conservatism preached by Glasman, Rutherford, Cruddas and co. is a «radical conservatism», which seeks to resist the disrupting and commodifying tendencies of markets: ``... conservative in valuing relationships, work, family and community... radical in defending the labour interest, and sharing out power, resources and opportunities between members of society.»

«Wendy Long is a true conservative who best represents the values of our community and will not compromise them for political expediency,» Diaz said in a statement.

And of course there are plenty of conservatives in the LGBT community even Ronald Reagan Republicans, but when the Professor evaluates the polling data he concludes the dominant values seek a community that nurtures its citizens.