Conservative

"Conservative" is obviously a fairly relative and flexible term. A conservative must always ask himself "what am I conserving?", and their answers will naturally vary. Many are conserving values only 70 years old, or less. Some conserve slightly older values, perhaps attached to Christianity (typically not primitive Christianity, but a comparatively new form, at that). As the Roman empire was beginning to adopt Christianity, to be Pagan would be conservative. As the USSR was collapsing, to be a communist would be conservative. We may even see a future in which pro-LGBT activists are conservative. Mind that once, being an American republican of any sort was not conservative - true conservatism would have been remaining loyal to the British crown.