What, exactly, are "family values"? How do Republicans express these values? Dems??

Question

Why would "values" vary by political party?

EDIT.....I think it is ridiculous to think that being a conservative means you have "better" family values than a Liberal! I, for one, think that taxing MY hard-earned money to send youngsters off to be killed in the ME is the antithesis of "family values"!!!!

Let's put it this way: Anyone can SAY whatever they want about what their top priorities are. But, then you have to look at their ACTIONS to see what they really value! If anyone in the US really cared about their own family and the families of others they would do what is BEST for those families!! They would teach and ACT in honesty, fairness and love toward their own and others.

When asked what was the "greatest Commandment", Jesus said, "Love God with all your heart, and love your neighbor as yourself!" He did NOT say, "Money is most important." or "Getting elected", or "No taxes to go to the poor"....ETC.

Answer 1

Bought and paid for values are of no value at all to me. That is why I am a Democrat and vote for the people of the US. I believe the people are the values, not the rich and and their monetary standings.

Answer 2

To be VERY blunt and succinct about it. Republicans have a tendency to express family values as whatever they interpret their religion to say what "family values" should be.
Democrats on the other hand, are more practical, and while they realize that Christianity has some good points on how families should be, they also realize we are living in the year 2007, and thus our family values need to be adjusted accordingly.

Answer 3

Family values are values or beliefs that are most important to one's family. These usually include: Love, honor, kinship, gumption, hard work, respect, sticking together; SJG summed it up pretty well.

Republicans (Not all, but most conservatives) somehow have come to the conclusion that banning abortion, and banning gay marriage are family values; that somehow, gay people are a threat to the family. Not really sure how they got there, the idea that gay couples can't form a family and are trying to destroy marriage and the family is ludicrous at best, and bigoted at worst.

Democrats haven't really capitalized on the family values platform. Really, they don't have a solid "family values" stance.

Answer 4

Some values are love, monogamy, hard work, and family first...the parties differ on who should love who, and how much choice people have over abortion...that's about it!

Answer 5

No Illegal immigrants.
Unlawful Entry is a CRIME. Zero tolerance for immigration-law violators! No amnesty, no "stealth-amnesty." No "change of status," marriage fraud, "exceptional leave to remain," no "Temporary Protected Status." If you break the law, depart or be deported. Illegal aliens kill more US citizens each year than the war in Iraq has killed in four years. Apologists for illegal immigration like to paint it as a victimless crime. But in fact, illegal immigration causes substantial harm to American citizens and legal immigrants, particularly those in the most vulnerable sectors of our population--the poor, minorities, and children. Additionally, job competition by waves of illegal immigrants willing to work at substandard wages and working conditions depresses the wages of American workers, hitting hardest at minority workers and those without high school degrees. Illegal immigration also contributes to the dramatic population growth overwhelming communities across America--crowding school classrooms, consuming already limited affordable housing, and straining precious natural resources like water, energy, and forestland. Taxpayers are being forced to pay for the free health care, education, and other welfare programs being given to illegal aliens; Those tax dollars could be given back to U.S. taxpayers or used to keep our borders secure; They may be here illegally, but they sure know how to "work the system" to collect "free" medical care, "free" education, "free" food, Section 8 housing vouchers and other housing assistance, and hundreds of other social services. It costs citizens additional hundreds of billions of tax dollars at every level: local, state, and federal. It gobbles up billions of our charitable contributions. And much of that money ends up siphoned out of our economy and into offshore accounts. Illegal aliens, over half of whom work "under the table" with neither job nor income reported (nor taxed), are not counted as employed or unemployed. But some of those day-labor and off-the-books "job-lets" would be "real" jobs - available to American citizen job-seekers - if employment regulations were enforced. Illegal aliens can get away with tax evasion, et al., which citizens cannot. In short, we have too many workforce entrants and too few jobs created. The ratio works out to roughly 7-10 workforce entrants per job created. If all illegal aliens depart or are deported, all legal immigration halted, and all temporary employment visas abolished, we still have a problem with more US-born workforce entrants than new jobs created. Illegal immigration damages our country and our citizens every day at every level. And not even the attacks of 2/26 and 9/11 have awakened many Americans to the vast dangers illegal immigration poses to our selves, our families, our communities, our society, our values, our principles, our civilization. Zero Tolerance for Immigration-Law Violators! We must remember the lessons of 2/26, 9/11, and the costs we bear every single day. God Bless the U S A !

Answer 6

Republicans express them by throwing pebbles at the windows of young boy pages.

Democrats prefer the company of adult women.

Answer 7

Family Values are only important to Republicans so there are none for the other party . How is that! Dems do not believe in such a thing, how pathetic and sad for them.

Answer 8

Family Values to ME is basically following the 10 Commandments.
1. A LOT of liberals are atheists
2. Liberals on here have defended cheating spouses
3. Liberals are FOR abortion and that is killing
4. Liberals covet my money and TAX the heck out of my hard working family
5. Liberals (in MY state) are killing this state. Too many on welfare and they are sucking us dry in taxes. Tommy Thompson did reform welfare to some extent but not enough.
6. Sex before marriage and with someone of the same sex is wrong.

EDIT - I KNOW you said you are liberal and have values...a lot of liberals on this site don't.

Answer 9

take a look at mark Foley and ted hagart they have fine family values! http://rds.yahoo.com/_ylt=A0geu9gSkk5GOTkBBQlXNyoA;_ylu=X3oDMTE2ZXBjaHNnBGNvbG8DZQRsA1dTMQRwb3MDMwRzZWMDc3IEdnRpZANGOTAwXzgx/SIG=12jdv79tu/EXP=1179640722/**http%3a//www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/05/haggard.allegations/index.html