An abstract concept that is often made reference to by fundementalist fuckmuppets as a way to condemn working mothers, gay people, single parents, sex education, and anything else that wasn't on "Leave In To Beaver".
by Cimmerian Southpaw October 9, 2003
Something that those people who have don't try to impose on others, and those who don't possess try to shove down everyone's throats.
Massachusetts, the first US state to have legalized gay marriage, frequent attractor of hate from the "family values" crowd, has the lowest divorce rate in the US (2.4 per 1000 persons) and the lowest teenage pregnancy rate in the US (7.9% of pregnancies). For comparison, Texas, a bastion of "family values" (and executions), leads the nation in teenage pregnancy (16.4% of pregnancies); states in the Bible Belt (Alabama, Arkansas, Arizona, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, North Carolina, Oklahoma, South Carolina, and Texas) have divorce rates approximately 1.5 times the US average of 4.1 divorces per 1000 persons.
by katana0182 September 24, 2007
Code term for bible-thumping, self-loathing, closeted homosexuals who troll public restrooms for sex. Republican senators and congressmen appear to have an inordinate fondness for this expression.
by GMT November 21, 2007
1. State-sponsored totalitarian control of women and/or children, characterized by flagrant sexist double standards, authorities turning a blind eye to domestic violence, rape, and pedophilia--but only when men do it, and intolerance of freedom of religion, speech, and assembly, among other undesirable things.
No wonder Bush and the Saudis are so tight! They both share the same idea of family values--blame the rape victims and victims of domestic violence for "allowing" themselves to be victimized by male predators twice their size, as if the women were the criminals instead of the real perps--the rapists and wife-beaters who get off scot-free!
by meow2u3 November 21, 2007
A loosely defined set of ideals held by most conservatives. Things like xenophobia and homophobia, censorship, the killing of non-Christians, and sometimes racism.
Basically: PG rated.
Basically: PG rated.
by Shard April 21, 2005
a catchphrase used by politicians to promote their images.
First used by Dan Quayle in the 1992 election.
First used by Dan Quayle in the 1992 election.
Tom: that candidate promotes family values!
Jerry: that means that he beats and cheats on his wife, molests his kids, operates a meth lab on the side, and is a dogfucker.
Tom: Oh.
Jerry: that means that he beats and cheats on his wife, molests his kids, operates a meth lab on the side, and is a dogfucker.
Tom: Oh.
by I Saw U2 Live Twice January 4, 2007
a catchphrase used by politicians to promote their images.
First used by Dan Quayle in the 1992 election.
Tom: that candidate promotes family values!
Jerry: that means that he beats and cheats on his wife, molests his kids, operates a meth lab on the side, and is a dogfucker.
Tom: Oh.
Jerry: that means that he beats and cheats on his wife, molests his kids, operates a meth lab on the side, and is a dogfucker.
Tom: Oh.
by I Saw U2 Live Twice January 15, 2007