Christian democracy

Christian democracy is a political ideology based on Christian humanism and Catholic social teachings. While generally socially conservative, Christian democrats inch toward an economic model of social markets or social democracy, especially where the political spectrum is leaning towards the left. Therefore, they can be categorized as center to center-right and are found mainly in Europe and Latin America.
The line between Christian democrats and secularism is relatively thin; while most favor human rights over theocracy, the goal of Christian democracy is a democratic society inspired by Christian teachings, especially in an ethical dimension.
==The morality plays==
As social conservatives, they don't like same-sex marriage and abortion all that much. While Christian democratic rhetoric revolves around family, community, and Christian values, Christian democrats are generally not fundamentalist yet concerned about a societal breakdown or overuse of what they consider immoral.
Most make a difference between legislation and culture, something American conservatives have problems with. Comparisons can be made with paleolibertarianism, as they believe that just because something is legal, it still doesn't mean you should do it, or if something is illegal, that doesn't mean it's wrong to do it if nobody is harmed. Another big difference with other conservatives is that Christian democrats are not entirely blind towards social change – even though they may not be particularly enamored with it, they may still embrace it (e. g., supporting single families instead of nuclear ones).
Christian democratic parties are also the home of religious minorities because of the heavy overlaps in conservative Christianity with Judaism and Islam.
==The economic balancing act==
While most Christian democrats don't think highly of a command economy and democratic socialism, they do not demonize it as much as libertarians or American conservatives do. They generally favor universal health care, state-run unemployment insurance, and welfare states, as they see all of this to be ethically correct and a boon to the community. 
In some countries, Christian democratic parties also stand for environmental issues. A prominent example is the CDU in Germany, which has adopted many policies from the Greens.
==In America==
Many conservative Democrats could be labeled Christian democrats, with those reluctant towards gay rights considered DINOs. The Republican Party also has a lot of Christian democrats such as Mike Pence, but they are not called RINO's and are considered "True patriots".
== Political position ==
Usually, Christian democracy is often regarded as a center-right ideology. In fact, many European Christian democratic parties tend to be 'center-right'.
However, Christian democracy has a much wider position, with its weak liberalism, its focus on social conservatism, and its combination with right-wing populism makes it a right-wing to far-right ideology, and when combined with social democracy or socialism, it becomes a center-left ideology. In the former case, it is similar to the Christian right in the U.S., and in the latter case, it is only trying to realize socialism from Christian values, but it is also socially liberal, so it is friendly to same-sex marriage and abortion.
Since Christian democracy is the ideology of mainstream politics in reality, it is hard to conclude that it is a certain tendency mechanically because it has a wide position and various tendencies within Christian democrats. What is common, however, is that they place moderate emphasis on Christian values under a secular liberal democracy.
== A representative political party ==
Exclude from the list political parties that belong to Centrist Democrat International but do not have strong Christian democratic tendencies.
Country 	Acronym 	Party	Party 	Political position
Argentina 	PDC 	 	(Spanish: Partido Demócrata Cristiano) 	Center
Australia 	CDP 	 	Christian Democratic Party 	Right-wing to Far-right
Austria 	ÖVP 	 	(Austrian: Österreichische Volkspartei) 	Centre-right to Right-wing
Armenia 	OY 	 	(Armenian: Orinats Yerkir) 	Centre-right
Belgium (Flanders)	CDV 	 	(Flemish-Dutch: Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams) 	Centre to Centre-right
Brazil 	DEM 	 	(Portuguese: Democratas) 	Centre-right
Bulgaria 	СДС 	 	(Bulgarian: Съюз на демократичните сили) 	Centre-right
Chile 	PDC 	 	(Spanish: Partido Demócrata Cristiano) 	Centre to Centre-left
Colombia 	PCC 	 	(Spanish: Partido Conservador Colombiano) 	Right-wing
Costa Rica 	PUSC 	 	(Spanish: Partido Unidad Social Cristiana) 	Centre-right
Czech Republic 	KDU–ČSL 	 	(Czech: Křesťanská a demokratická unie – Československá strana lidová) 	Centre to Centre-right
Denmark 	KD 	 	(Danish: Kristendemokraterne) 	Centre-right
Dominican Republic	PRSC 	 	(Spanish: Partido Reformista Social Cristiano) 	Centre-right to Right-wing
Ecuador 	UDC 	 	(Spanish: Unión Demócrata Cristiana) 	Centre-right
El Salvador 	PDC 	 	(Spanish: Partido Demócrata Cristiano) 	Centre
Finland 	KD 	 	(Finnish: Suomen Kristillisdemokraatit) 	Centre-right
France 	LR 	 	(French: Les Républicains) 	Centre-right
France 	MoDem 	 	(French: Mouvement démocrate) 	Centre to Centre-right
Germany 	CDU 	 	Christian Democratic Union of Germany(German: Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands) 	Centre-right
Greece 	ND 	 	(Greek:Νέα Δημοκρατία) 	Centre-right to Right-wing
Hungary 	FIDESZ 	 	(Hungarian: Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség) 	Right-wing to Far-right
Lebanon 	Phalange 	 	(Arabic: حزب الكتائب اللبنانية) 	Centre-right to Right-wing
Malta 	PN 	 	(Arabic: Partit Nazzjonalista) 	Centre-right
Mexico 	PAN 	 	(Spanish: Partido Acción Nacional) 	Centre-right to Right-wing
Netherlands 	CDA 	 	(Dutch: Christen-Democratisch Appèl) 	Centre to Centr-right
Norway 	KrF 	 	(Bokmål-Norwegian: Kristelig Folkeparti) 	Centre to Center-right
Philippines 	Lakas–CMD	 	 	Centre to Centre-right
Poland 	PiS 	 	 	Right-wing to Far-right
Romania 	PNȚ-CD 	 	(Romanian: Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin Democrat) 	Centre-right
Slovakia 	SDKÚ-DS 	 	(Slovak: Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia – Demokratická strana) 	Centre-right
Slovenia 	NSi 	 	(Slovene:Nova Slovenija – Krščanski demokrati) 	Centre-right
Spain 	PP 	 	(Spanish: Partido Popular) 	Centre-right to Right-wing
Sweden 	KD 	 	(Swedish: Kristdemokraterna) 	Centre-right
Switzerland 	SP / PS 	 	(German: Evangelische Volkspartei der Schweiz, French: Parti évangelique suisse, Italian: Partito Evangelico Svizzero)	Centre to Centre-right
Ukraine 	SP / PS 	 	(Ukrainian: Християнсько-демократичний союз) 	Centre-right
== See also ==
* Angela Merkel (She is a representative Christian democratic politician.)
* Liberal conservatism
* Social conservatism
* Asian values
==References==
Category:Political philosophies
Category:Social justice
Category:Conservatism
Category:Homophobia
Category:Sexism
Category:Conservative deceit