Christian Liberty Party | |
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| Founded | 2000; 25 years ago (2000) |
| Split from | Constitution Party |
| Ideology | Christian right Christian nationalism Ultraconservatism Christian fundamentalism Social conservatism |
| Political position | Right-wing |
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| christianlibertyparty.org | |
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TheChristian Liberty Party (CLP) is aminor political party in the United States whose platform advocatessocial conservatism.[1] Its platform positions include theopposition to abortion, as well as opposition to property taxes;[1] it advocates "an educational system that respects individual freedom of conscience and reinforces the Biblical role and responsibility of the family as the educator of youth".[2] Ideologically, the Christian Liberty Party is aligned with theChristian right andChristian nationalism, viewing the United States as aChristian state and seeing "the Bible as a blueprint for political action".[3][4][5]
The Christian Liberty Party was founded in June 2000 as the American Heritage Party after a group of members left theConstitution Party.[6] The reason for the establishment of the Christian Liberty Party was because the Constitution Party did not explicitly identify itself as a Christian party.[2] To this end, the Christian Liberty Party is "a political party that adopts the Bible as its political textbook and is unashamed to be explicitly Christian ... [and] whose principles are drawn from Scripture."[2]
The current platform is available on the Christian Liberty Party's official website.[7] It currently has 7 planks.[7]
The current platform has not been edited since 2010. The preamble states"If to please the people, we offer what we ourselves disapprove, how can we afterward defend our work? Let us raise a standard to which the wise and the honest can repair; the event is in the hand of God!" - George Washington and acknowledges "In so doing we acknowledge the God of the Bible as the Supreme Judge, Lawgiver and King and the first cause of all existence. Consequently, the principles and the platform of our party are rightly derived from Biblical presuppositions. We acknowledge the legacy of our Founding Fathers who believed that "a frequent recurrence to fundamental principles" is essential to securing liberty and good government."
The Christian Liberty Party opposesabortion andeuthanasia as cited in their platform saying "We support legislation to prohibit all acts of abortion andinfanticide" and "We oppose laws that condone or legalize euthanasia or so-called "mercy killing."[7]
The party supports theright to bear arms in accordance with theSecond Amendment.
The party opposespornography, stating "Therefore we support laws making it a criminal offense to distribute or display pornography."
The party opposes theFederal Reserve and "support a return to the monetary and banking provisions set forth in theConstitution and the abolition of the Federal Reserve System."[7]
Under its old name of the American Heritage Party it ran candidates for local positions in 2000 and 2002 in the state ofWashington.[2]
