Editing Conservatism (section)

=== Social conservatism ===
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[[File:Marche pour la vie 2012 - 6.jpg|thumb|A [[March for Life (Paris)|March for Life]] rally in [[Paris]] in 2012]]
Social conservatives believe that society is built upon a fragile network of relationships which need to be upheld through duty, traditional values, and established institutions; and that the government has a role in encouraging or enforcing traditional values or practices. A social conservative wants to preserve traditional morality and social [[mores]], often by opposing what they consider radical policies or [[social engineering (political science)|social engineering]].{{sfn|Heywood|2017|p=69}} Some social-conservative stances are the following:
* Support of a [[culture of life]] and opposition to the destruction of human life at any stage, including [[abortion]], [[embryonic stem cells]] research, and [[euthanasia]].
* Support of [[bioconservatism]] and opposition to both [[eugenics]] and [[transhumanism]].<ref>[http://www.utne.com/2005-01-01/TheNextDigitalDivide.aspx?page=2 The Next Digital Divide] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110606100135/http://www.utne.com/2005-01-01/TheNextDigitalDivide.aspx?page=2 |date=June 6, 2011 }} (utne article)</ref>
* Support of traditional [[family values]], viewing the [[nuclear family]] model as society's foundational unit.
* Support of a traditional definition of marriage as being one man and one woman, and opposition to expansion of [[civil marriage]] and [[child adoption]] to couples in [[same-sex relationship]]s.
* Support of [[public morality]] with prohibition of [[Prohibition (drugs)|drugs]] and [[prostitution]] and censorship of [[pornography]].
* Support of [[organized religion]] and opposition to [[atheism]] and [[secularism]], especially when militant.<ref name="MA1">{{cite magazine |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VayGAAAAIAAJ&q=%22conservatism%22+%22militant+atheism%22 |magazine=The World & I |title=The World & I |quote=militant atheism was incompatible with conservatism |volume=1 |issue=5 |publisher=Washington Times Corp. |access-date=August 19, 2011 |year=1986}}</ref><ref name = "MA2">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=9dgvDn9hoe0C&q=social%20conservatism%20militant%20atheism&pg=PA264 |title=The Routledge Companion to Fascism and the Far Right |quote=In addition, conservative Christians often endorsed far-right regimes as the lesser of two evils, especially when confronted with militant atheism in the USSR. |first1=Peter |last1=Davies |first2=Derek |last2=Lynch |publisher=Psychology |isbn=978-0-415-21494-0 |year=2002}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SRrwirez3fQC&pg=PA57 |title=Religious America, Secular Europe?: A Theme and Variations |quote=If anything the reverse is true: moral conservatives continue to oppose secular liberals on a wide range of issues. |first1=Peter L. |last1=Berger |first2=Grace |last2=Davie |first3=Effie |last3=Fokas |publisher=Ashgate |access-date=August 19, 2011 |isbn=978-0-7546-6011-8 |year=2008}}</ref>