Christian values
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The term Christian values historically refers to the values found in the teachings of Jesus.
[edit] Modern Use
Today, in the 21st century, the phrases "Christian values" and family values are being used by conservative political groups [1] [2] [3] to describe the following values:
- censorship of sexual content, especially in movies and on television
- the desirability of laws against induced abortion
- sexual abstinence outside of marriage and abstinence-only education[4]
- the promotion of intelligent design to be taught in public schools and colleges as an "alternative" to evolution
- the desirability of laws against same-sex marriage and support for laws against the acceptance of homosexuality into mainstream society
- the desirability of re-instituting faculty-led prayer in taxpayer-funded schools[5]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ AFA - American Family Association - Promoting Traditional Family Values
- ^ Morality and the Constitution: Traditional Christian Moral Values
- ^ Dr. Hager's Family Values
- ^ http://www.worldcongress.nl/en/wcf-ii-geneva-declaration/,"Marriage between a man and a woman forms the sole moral context for natural sexual union. Whether through pornography, promiscuity, incest or homosexuality, deviations from these sexual norms cannot truly satisfy the human spirits."
- ^ http://www.allabouthistory.org/prayer-in-public-school.htm,"Prayer in Public School is a web site dedicated to providing data as well as accurate information regarding the national tragedy of the elimination of prayer in our public school systems."
