Title: Traditional Conservative Beliefs – RedState
Headings: Traditional Conservative Beliefs
Traditional Conservative Beliefs
Content: And we believe the content of character is more important than the color of skin. We believe above all else, the most essential institution which must be conserved is the family, and conserved as our Creator intended. We believe the family is the natural and basic social entity and must be based in marriage between one man and one woman and committed to bringing new life into the world. We believe culture is more important than politics or economics and that the nation can be saved only by restoring America’s specific culture – as well as its regional cultures – based on its own historical experiences, involving its own institutions as well as its own beliefs and values. We believe that if our culture is to be saved, it will be accomplished only by adhering to what have been called the “Permanent Things,” ancient moral truths which have been the bedrock of healthy societies throughout history and which must govern our everyday lives. We believe in the Small, the Local, the Old and the Particular as opposed to the Big, the Global, the New and the Abstract. And so we are as suspicious of big business as we are of big government and believe small government and small business are much more efficient and therefore better for individual freedom as well as the economy. Traditionals believe in self-government: of taking care of oneself, one’s family, one’s property. But we also believe those who truly need help should get it.