Social conservatives in many countries generally: favor the pro-life position in the abortion controversy and oppose embryonic stem cell research; support the death penalty, oppose same-sex marriage and other marriages social conservatives consider the establishment of to be contrary to traditional marriage, and the nuclear family model as society’s foundational unit; oppose expansion of civil marriage and child adoption rights to couples in homosexual relationships; promote public morality and traditional family values; oppose secularism and privatization of religious belief; support the prohibition of drugs, prostitution and euthanasia; and support the censorship of pornography and what they consider to be obscenity or indecency.

generally seeks “to restore our government to its Constitutional limits and our law to its Biblical foundations.

opposes the providing of welfare subsidies and other taxpayer-supported benefits to illegal immigrants

administer the death penalty to those convicted of “capital crimes“

Viewing gambling as destructive and contributing to crime

Advancing pro-life and anti-abortion stances on unwanted or unplanned pregnancies

Advocating for pro-family legislation and a ban on gay marriage

Eliminating federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research and finding alternative methods of research

Protecting the Second Amendment right to bear arms

Maintaining a strong national defense

Protecting US economic interests against foreign threats and eliminating the need for trade unions

Opposing illegal immigration

Limiting welfare spending by creating economic opportunities for America’s needy

Lifting the ban on school prayer

Implementing high tariffs on countries that do not uphold human rights

It is important to mention that social conservatives can believe in every one of these tenets or just a few. The “typical” social conservative strongly supports them all.