Let us Clearly Define Conservative and Liberal

I will make clear the Conservative Agenda on multiple issues: 1. Capital Punishment: Conservatives believe in the death penalty, and we believe that contrary to devaluing life, this gives the life of the victim enough importance that anyone who takes away their life should die. However, we believe in humane methods of execution. 2. Gun Control: Contrary to popular belief, we do not look down upon all gun control measures. For instance, heavy machine guns and grenades and flamethrowers should be banned. We believe that background checks should be mandatory to ensure the owner isn't a felon, crazy person, minor, or alcoholic/drug addict. However, handguns, rifles, shotguns, assault rifles, sub-machine guns and some others I haven't mentioned should be allowed among people who pass background checks and get a permit. We dislike further restrictions on guns, because we believe that there have already been enough restrictions on guns, and if somebody doesn't put a stop to further restrictions on guns, one day, perhaps in the far future, there won't be any legal gun ownership by civilians. We believe that burglars are more wary to attack homes that have guns, and that because there are countless unregistered firearms, confiscation of all registered guns would not help much with the crime rate. The police are not everywhere all the time, and if a criminal gets his hands on a gun while all the civilians do not have guns, he can kill a huge amount of people before the cops arrive at the scene, evidenced by the Norway massacre a few years ago. 3. Anti-Abortion Stance: We believe that abortion is immoral, but not out of any misogyny. We believe that a fetus is a person, and that the termination of a pregnancy is murder. A fetus is, though connected to and dependent on the mother for survival, not simple a part of the mother, but its own entity. We believe that the costs of pregnancy should be paid for by the government through the taxes of the people, so that the mother can give birth and put the child up for adoption. To make the adoption process easier, we believe there should be reforms to make the process less complex. We believe that the mother's right to her body does not include the right to terminate the life of the fetus. Cases of rape are not so easily agreed upon among conservatives, but in cases of pregnancy caused by consensual sex, the mother took the risk of pregnancy, and therefore has a responsibility to carry the fetus for nine months since there is no other way the fetus can live. However, we also believe that the father has an equal responsibility to the baby, because when he engaged in sexual activity with the girl/woman who he impregnated, he took the risk of impregnating her, and therefore he has responsibilities as well. 4. GLBT Rights: We believe that gays should have the right to do anything that non-gay people can do, which does not include homosexual marriage. We believe that marriage is between one man and one woman, which is the natural biological process, and that homosexuality is a behavior, not comparable to skin color. We believe that homosexual people do not have to act upon their homosexual impulses, and when they do so they are doing so of their own choice, not involuntarily. As a result, we believe that banning gay marriage is not discrimination towards a group of people but the banning of a type of action and behavior. However, we believe that they should have the right to a civil union, and that it should have equal legal benefits as marriage. 5. Foreign Policy: We believe that the United States has a right to intervene in foreign countries that harbor terrorists that are dangerous to the security of the United States, and/or to intervene in countries that have been ineffectual in eradicating terrorist organizations and/or individuals that pose a threat to the security of the United States. 6. Economic System: We believe that the wealthy, through businesses, provide jobs for the poor, and that if through their "eye for business" they have made their own profits, they have a right to maintain their profits without excessive taxation from the government. We believe that not allowing rich people to keep most of their profits through heavy government taxation discourages people from growing successful, and therefore generating more jobs. 7. Welfare: We believe that welfare in itself can be beneficial, provided the beneficiary is attempting to find a job. However, we also believe that there are many abusers of the welfare system, and that these abusers should be found and removed from welfare. We believe that though it can be beneficiary to people who need it, it can encourage people who are poor not to move on, to not try to better themselves and improve their condition. We also know that welfare costs money, even when given only to those who need it. We believe that it shouldn't be so easy to get it, otherwise a large percentage of the population may stop working and live off it, a dangerous situation. 8. The National Debt: We believe that the nation debt is a growing concern, because every year it expands, and that serious efforts to reduce it have not been made. Considering what the debt is already, to pay off that debt every household would have to give thousands upon thousands of dollars in taxes, and that in future decades the problem will escalate exponentially. We believe that many things currently funded by the federal government are unnecessary, and that there are many instances of the Federal Government wasting money. We believe that Federal spending can be reduced, and that efforts can be taken to eradicate or severely lower the US National Debt and the Deficit. 9. Creationism/Evolution Controversy: The debate between evolution and creationism has been ongoing. Sometimes creationists have won arguments with evolutionists, sometimes it has been the other way around. Creationism has not been legitimately disproven, and it can "hold its own" against evolution in an argument. Also, creationism and intelligent design are not necessarily Christian exclusive, so teaching it in schools would not favor or discriminate against a specific religion. Therefore, we believe that creationism and evolution should both be taught in schools, with parents able to choose whether their children take courses on creationism or evolution. There are probably many more, but that's all I could think of right now. Next is my opponent's turn, though this isn't really a contest. My opponent's goal is to describe the stances and agenda of a liberal, and please refrain from attacking my stances, as I have refrained from attacking yours. You don't necessarily have to use all the categories I used, and you can use other ones if you wish. I await my opponent's explanation on the liberal agenda.