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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		Political position
Argentina	PDC		Christian Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Demócrata Cristiano)	Center
Australia	CDP		Christian Democratic Party	Right-wing to Far-right
Austria	ÖVP		Austrian People's Party (Austrian: Österreichische Volkspartei)	Centre-right to Right-wing
Armenia	OY		Rule of Law (Armenian: Orinats Yerkir)	Centre-right
Belgium (Flanders)	CDV		Christian Democratic and Flemish (Flemish-Dutch: Christen-Democratisch en Vlaams)	Centre to Centre-right
Brazil	DEM		Democrats (Portuguese: Democratas)	Centre-right
Bulgaria	СДС		Union of Democratic Forces (Bulgarian: Съюз на демократичните сили)	Centre-right
Chile	PDC		Christian Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Demócrata Cristiano)	Centre to Centre-left
Colombia	PCC		Colombian Conservative Party (Spanish: Partido Conservador Colombiano)	Right-wing
Costa Rica	PUSC		Social Christian Unity Party (Spanish: Partido Unidad Social Cristiana)	Centre-right
Czech Republic	KDU–ČSL		Christian and Democratic Union – Czechoslovak People's Party (Czech: Křesťanská a demokratická unie – Československá strana lidová)	Centre to Centre-right
Denmark	KD		Christian Democrats (Danish: Kristendemokraterne)	Centre-right
Dominican Republic	PRSC		Social Christian Reformist Party (Spanish: Partido Reformista Social Cristiano)	Centre-right to Right-wing
Ecuador	UDC		Christian Democratic Union (Spanish: Unión Demócrata Cristiana)	Centre-right
El Salvador	PDC		Christian Democratic Party (Spanish: Partido Demócrata Cristiano)	Centre
Finland	KD		Christian Democrats (Finnish: Suomen Kristillisdemokraatit)	Centre-right
France	LR		The Republicans (French: Les Républicains)	Centre-right
France	MoDem		Democratic Movement (French: Mouvement démocrate)	Centre to Centre-right
Germany	CDU		Christian Democratic Union of Germany (German: Christlich Demokratische Union Deutschlands)	Centre-right
Greece	ND		New Democracy (Greek:Νέα Δημοκρατία)	Centre-right to Right-wing
Hungary	FIDESZ		Fidesz – Hungarian Civic Alliance (Hungarian: Fidesz – Magyar Polgári Szövetség)	Right-wing to Far-right
Lebanon	Phalange		Kataeb Party (Arabic: حزب الكتائب اللبنانية)	Centre-right to Right-wing
Malta	PN		Nationalist Party (Arabic: Partit Nazzjonalista)	Centre-right
Mexico	PAN		National Action Party (Spanish: Partido Acción Nacional)	Centre-right to Right-wing
Netherlands	CDA		Christian Democratic Appeal (Dutch: Christen-Democratisch Appèl)	Centre to Centr-right
Norway	KrF		Christian Democratic Party (Bokmål-Norwegian: Kristelig Folkeparti)	Centre to Center-right
Philippines	Lakas–CMD		Lakas–Christian Muslim Democrats	Centre to Centre-right
Poland	PiS		Law and Justice	Right-wing to Far-right
Romania	PNȚ-CD		Christian Democratic National Peasants' Party (Romanian: Partidul Național Țărănesc Creștin Democrat)	Centre-right
Slovakia	SDKÚ-DS		Slovak Democratic and Christian Union – Democratic Party (Slovak: Slovenská demokratická a kresťanská únia – Demokratická strana)	Centre-right
Slovenia	NSi		New Slovenia (Slovene:Nova Slovenija – Krščanski demokrati)	Centre-right
Spain	PP		People's Party (Spanish: Partido Popular)	Centre-right to Right-wing
Sweden	KD		Christian Democrats (Swedish: Kristdemokraterna)	Centre-right
Switzerland	SP / PS		Evangelical People's Party of Switzerland (German: Evangelische Volkspartei der Schweiz, French: Parti évangelique suisse, Italian: Partito Evangelico Svizzero)	Centre to Centre-right
Ukraine	SP / PS		Christian Democratic Union (Ukrainian: Християнсько-демократичний союз)	Centre-right

See also

• Angela Merkel (She is a representative Christian democratic politician.)
• Liberal conservatism
• Social conservatism
• Asian values