Australian Christian Lobby (Word format)
... cynicism born of experience must be met with legislative solutions. The time has come
for Australian politicians to require political honesty to become a matter of law.”
However, while Senator Murray’s search for political honesty is to be applauded,
in reality the task of developing a code of ethic ...
Christian democracy
Christian democracy is a political ideology which emerged in nineteenth-century Europe under the influence of conservatism and Catholic social teaching. It was originally conceived as a combination of traditional Catholic beliefs and modern democratic ideas, but over time it grew to incorporate a variety of views from different Christian denominations and from different political thinkers. Christian democracy continues to be influential in Europe and Latin America, though throughout Europe the movement has been weakened by growing secularism.In practice, Christian democracy is often considered centre-right on cultural, social, and moral issues (and is thus a supporter of social conservatism), while advocating a social market economy. In Europe, where Christian democrats defined their views as an alternative to the more leftist ideology of social democracy, Christian democratic parties are moderately conservative and center-right overall, whereas in the very different cultural and political environment of South America they tend to lean to the left in economical issues, and to the right in social issues.Examples of Christian democratic parties include Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU), Ireland's Fine Gael, Chile's Christian Democratic Party, Belgium's Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams and Humanist Democratic Cetre, Switzerland's Christian Democratic People's Party, the Netherlands' Christian Democratic Appeal (CDA), Italy's Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (UDC), and some factions of the Brazilian Social Democracy Party (PSDB). Today, many European Christian democratic parties are affiliated with the European People's Party.
