Christian right Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! ===Other countries=== In [[Northern Ireland]], [[Ian Paisley]] led a Protestant fundamentalist party, the [[Democratic Unionist Party]], which had a considerable influence on the province's culture.<ref>Andrew Vincent, ''Modern Political Ideologies''. John Wiley & Sons, 2009. {{ISBN|1405154950}} (p. 325).</ref><ref>Richard P. Davis, ''Mirror Hate: the Convergent Ideology of Northern Ireland paramilitaries, 1966–1992''. Dartmouth, 1994. {{ISBN|1855215586}} . (p.80)</ref> For a time after the [[2017 United Kingdom general election]], the DUP provided [[confidence and supply]] to the governing Conservative Party, although this agreement provoked concern from socially liberal elements of the party about possible DUP influence on social policy.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Kentish|first1=Ben|title=Conservative LGBT activists raise fears over DUP's 'appalling' record on gay rights|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/conservative-lgbt-dup-gay-rights-ruth-davidson-scottish-tory-leader-activists-record-a7783306.html|access-date=June 11, 2017|work=The Independent|date=June 10, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170626050438/http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/conservative-lgbt-dup-gay-rights-ruth-davidson-scottish-tory-leader-activists-record-a7783306.html|archive-date=June 26, 2017}}</ref> Although there is no evidence this occurred. [[Karen Armstrong]] has mentioned British evangelical leader [[Colin Urquhart]] as advocating positions similar to the Christian Right.<ref>Karen Armstrong, ''A History of God: the 4000-year quest of Judaism, Christianity, and Islam''. Ballantine Books, 1994 p. 390.</ref> In [[Russia]], the [[United Russia]] has collaborated closely with the [[Russian Orthodox Church]], support the [[Kremlin]]'s appeal to [[Social conservatism|social conservatives]].<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.christiantoday.com/article/how.the.russian.orthodox.church.is.backing.vladimir.putins.new.world.order/81108.htm | title=How the Russian Orthodox Church is backing Vladimir Putin's new world order | date=March 3, 2016 }}</ref> In the [[Philippines]], due to [[History of the Philippines (1521–1898)|Spanish colonization]], and the introduction of the Catholic Church, religious conservatism has a strong influence on national policies. Some have argued that the U.S. Christian right may have roots in the Philippines.<ref>{{cite book |last=Nadal |first=Kevin |date=2011 |title=Filipino American Psychology: A Handbook of Theory, Research, and Clinical Practice |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zN7-s84jAkoC&q=Conservatism+Philippines&pg=PT42 |publisher=John Wiley & Sons |page=42 |isbn=9781118019771 |access-date=August 22, 2014 }}</ref> The Swiss [[Federal Democratic Union]] is a small conservative Protestant party with about 1% of the vote.<ref>Alan J. Day, ''Political parties of the world'' (2002) p 449</ref> In [[Scandinavia]], the [[Centre Party (Faroe Islands)|Faroe Island's Centre Party]] is a bible-oriented fundamentalist party with about 4% of the vote. However, the Norwegian [[Christian Democratic Party of Norway|Christian People's Party]], the Swedish [[Christian Democrats (Sweden)|Christian Democrats]] and Danish [[Christian Democrats (Denmark)|Christian Democrats]] are less religiously orthodox and are similar to mainstream European [[Christian Democracy]]. In [[Fiji]], [[Social Democratic Liberal Party|Sodelpa]] is a conservative, nationalist party which seeks to make Christianity the [[state religion]], while the [[constitution of Fiji|constitution]] makes Fiji a secular republic. Following the 2014 general election, Sodelpa is the main opposition party in Parliament. In [[Mexico]], the interests of the Christian right are represented by different political organisations and civil associations. The most notable case is the [[National Action Party (Mexico)|National Action Party]], a [[Conservatism|conservative]] party aligned with [[Christian democracy|Christian Democratic]] ideas, notably influenced by the [[Catholic social teaching|Social teaching of the Catholic Church]], and which has held the presidency of Mexico twice. The party's platform states strong [[Anti-abortion movements|opposition to abortion]], [[same-sex marriage]] and the [[Drug liberalization|legalisation of drugs]], among many other conservative policies. In addition, prominent figures in the party have been linked to [[Catholic Church]] organisations. The evangelical caucus, albeit for a relatively short time, was represented by the [[Social Encounter Party]] and the [[Solidarity Encounter Party]], the latter being the successor to the former. Both parties were founded by [[Hugo Eric Flores Cervantes|Hugo Eric Flores]], who according to some sources was an [[Minister (Christianity)|evangelical minister]] before entering politics. Initially statewide for [[Baja California]], Social Encounter came to govern that state in coalition with the National Action Party. The party would later be officialised as a political party at the federal level. Other organisations and associations adhering to the ideals of the Christian right include the Frente Nacional por la Familia, the [[El Yunque (organization)|Organización del Bien Común]], colloquially known as El Yunque and with close ties to the PAN, and the [[Legionaries of Christ]], a Roman Catholic clerical religious order of priests and candidates for the priesthood established in Mexico.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}} In [[Brazil]], the evangelical caucus have a great influence at the parliament and in the society in general. The bloc promotes strong socially conservative positions, like [[Anti-abortion movement|opposition to abortion]], LGBT rights, [[marijuana]] legalization, sexual and gender education at schools and support to decrease of age of [[Age of criminal responsibility|defense of infancy]]. Except for left-wing and far-left parties with strong social progressive beliefs like [[Workers' Party (Brazil)|Workers' Party]] or [[Socialism and Liberty Party]], Christian conservatives can be found in all political parties of Brazil, but nevertheless they are more common associated with parties like [[Social Democratic Party (Brazil, 2011)|Social Democratic Party]], [[Democratas]], [[Social Liberal Party (Brazil)|PSL]], [[Social Christian Party (Brazil)|Social Christian Party]], [[Brazilian Republican Party]], [[Patriota]] and in the [[Party of the Republic]]. In 2016, [[Marcelo Crivella]], a licensed [[pentecostal]] pastor from the [[Universal Church of the Kingdom of God]], won in a runoff the election to mayor of [[Rio de Janeiro]], the second biggest city in Brazil, with the Brazilian Republican Party, making for the first time an evangelical bloc member mayor of a big city in Brazil. In 2018, Jair Bolsonaro was elected president with massive support of conservative Catholics, Charismatics, Evangelicals and Pentecostals; Another candidate, [[Cabo Daciolo]], from [[Patriota]], attracted much attention from media and public in general, despite a lower votation. Both had a [[right-wing populist]], [[christian nationalism|Christian Nationalist]] program, but Bolsonaro was near to a [[national conservative]] and [[economic liberal]] one, contrasting with an [[Ultranationalist]], [[theocratic]] and [[protectionist]] style of Daciolo.{{citation needed|date=March 2024}} In [[Poland]], the Roman Catholic national-conservative party [[Law and Justice (Poland)|Law and Justice]] can be considered to be a party of the Christian right.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/oct/05/family-faith-flag-catholic-religious-right-battle-polands-soul|title=Family, faith, flag: the religious right and the battle for Poland's soul|last=Coman|first=Julian|date=October 5, 2019|work=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> In [[Hungary]], the ruling national-conservative party [[Fidesz]] can also be considered to be a party of the Christian right. [[Viktor Orbán]] is known for his use of conservative Christian values against immigration and the rise of Islam in Europe.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/14/viktor-orban-budapest-hungary-christianity-with-a-twist|title=Orbán deploys Christianity with a twist to tighten grip in Hungary|last=Walker|first=Shaun|date=July 14, 2019|work=The Guardian|language=en-GB|issn=0261-3077}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.vice.com/en_ca/article/a3b4kk/is-authoritarian-europe-becoming-the-new-hope-of-the-religious-right-v26n1|title=Is Authoritarian Europe Becoming the New Hope of the Religious Right?|last1=Wylesol|first1=Sarah|last2=Posner|first2=George|date=March 15, 2019|website=Vice|language=en}}</ref> The Christian right has a strong position in several Conservative parties worldwide, although many members of these parties would also, paradoxically, strongly oppose such views.{{citation needed|date=December 2022}} Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. 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