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       Generally, Conservatives want the national government less involved in their lives, where as Liberals think that the national government needs to regulate public interest. A huge topic that both parties have extremely different beliefs about are marriage rights. The different beliefs among the Republican and Democratic parties are an important aspect of each of their platforms. Liberals push for equality on many minority groups other than same sex couples but the issue of same sex marriages is playing a huge role in the parties' policies. Conservatives believe in preserving a traditional marriage, between a man and a woman. They believe "that marriage, the union of one man and one woman must be upheld as the national standard, a goal to stand for, encourage, and promote through laws governing marriage", that children who aren't raised with a traditional family are less successful in both academics and healthiness (physical and emotional). However, Liberals "support marriage equality and support the movement to secure equal treatment under law for same-sex couples", while still protecting the first amendment to freedom of religion where "churches and religious entities to decide how to administer marriage as a religious sacrament without government interference."