CIVIL DISTINCTIONS Between Parties

‘civil’ distinctions
conservatives want to conserve them,
liberals want to minimize them


gender
conservatives believe traditionally:
that the genders are equal
but essentially different,
and if the woman isn't in the home,
it soon isn't a home, or a family;
liberals believe the genders
should be treated as similarly as possible

race
conservatives believe traditionally,
in the ‘melting pot’ idea of Americanism:
that true Americans,
whatever their ethnic heritage,
live an "American way" defined by
those who founded the United States,
in essentials all of us should share,
essentials setting America apart;
liberals tend to believe in the ‘stew’ idea:
that ethnic outcomes should be equal
but ethnic identities retained

religion
conservatives believe traditionally:
that society should promote religion,
that there is moral ‘good’ and moral ‘bad’,
and that what’s ‘immoral’ can be punished;
liberals tend to believe
religion is your own business,
and ‘where there is no victim,
there is no crime’