What is Social conservative?
A '''social conservative''' is someone who supports [[right-wing politics]] on social issues. Examples of such issues are: opposition to [[abortion]], [[homosexual marriage]], and/or [[euthanasia]], supporting [[capital punishment]], and similar issues. They may or may not be [[conservative]] on other issues, such as [[taxes]]. In the [[United States]] social conservatives tend to be in the [[Republican Party]] and are usually also [[Christian Conservative]]s. There are also Americans who are social conservatives for other reasons than [[religion]]. In [[Canada]], social conservatives are known as the [[Blue Tories]]. Some people, such as [[Mary Wollstonecraft]], [[George Orwell]], and [[Stephen Leacock]], have supported [[left-wing]] politics on many issues. However, they were socially conservative on issues like [[abortion]], for Wollstonecraft and Orwell, or [[feminism]], for Leacock. [[Category:Political movements]] [[Category:Conservatism]] [[Category:Christian democracy]]