Family values

:This article discusses "family values" as a moral concept. For the rock music tour, see Family Values Tour.

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Family values is a political buzzword first used in 1966 to describe a set of moral guidelines for defining the "proper" structure and role of a family and its members. Most often, the term connotes a conservative ideology that supports what they consider to be traditional Christian morality or Christian values and conventional gender roles, and that opposes abortion, pornography, and, in the media, profanity, violence, and sexuality. Often this ideology also opposes feminism, birth control, and divorce. It also generally opposes the interests of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons, and opposes same-sex marriage.

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Buzzword - 1966 - Family - Conservative - Christian - Morality - Christian values - Gender role - Abortion - Pornography - Media - Profanity - Violence - Sexuality - Feminism - Birth control - Divorce - Gay - Lesbian - Bisexual - Transgender - Same-sex marriage

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Alternatively to the view of family values envisioned by the Christian right, efforts by such liberal groups as People for the American Way, Planned Parenthood, Democratic Party, and PFLAG, have recently emerged who are attempting to redefine the concept of family values in a way that promotes liberal interests and ideology, including normalization of single-parent families, same-sex monogamous relationships and marriage, and unmarried monogamous couples. This understanding of family values focuses less on promoting conservative morality, and more on encouraging and supporting alternative family structures, access to family planning, abortion, sex education, childcare, and parent-friendly employment laws.

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Christian right - Liberal - People for the American Way - Planned Parenthood - Democratic Party - PFLAG - Family planning - Abortion - Sex education

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