Liberal society or Conservitive society?

The issue is about “values”, but I think it’s more about understanding the consequences of what we claim to believe. From the beginning in the US we claimed to believe in democracy…but not everyone could vote. Conservatives limited voting to white male property owners, liberals finally established universal sufferage…all races, sexes, and economic levels. Now it’s not a conservative v. liberal question. Conservative religionists supported and defended slavery, while liberals maintained that it we really believed what the Declaration of Independence said, it ought to be applied to everyone regardless of sex or race. All too often a when a “conservative” is defending the status quo and his/her privilege in the name of “values”, he/she is at the same time denying the right of another of have an opportunity for the same advantage. We ought to conserve that which is the best in our tradition and be liberal in extending the benefits of those values to others.

Core Values.