thumb|2012 March for Life in Paris, France 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. 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.The Next Digital Divide (utne article) 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 relationships. Support of public morality with prohibition of drugs and prostitution and censorship of pornography. Support of organized religion and opposition to atheism and secularism, especially when militant.
thumb|2012 March for Life in Paris, France 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. 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 transhumanismThe Next Digital Divide (utne article) 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 relationships Support of public morality with prohibition of drugs and prostitution and censorship of pornography. Support of organized religion and opposition to atheism and secularism, especially when militant.