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Violet |headquarters = 15 Abbey Road Belvedere Kent DA17 5DF |website = (www.cpaparty.net ) }} The Christian Peoples Alliance is a Christian democratic political party in the United Kingdom. Founded in its present form in 1999, it grew out of a cross-party advocacy group known as the Movement for Christian Democracy. The first leader of the party was Ram Gidoomal CBE. Alan Craig then took over from him in 2004 and resigned in 2012. He was then replaced by Sid Cordle MBE who is the current leader. The party claims to have been the first to bring the European political concept of Christian democracy to the United Kingdom. The CPA is affiliated with the European Christian Political Movement. As part of Christian social teaching, the party emphasises social justice; commitment to the "poor, the elderly and the vulnerable".〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.cpawales.org.uk/index.php?page=what_is_the_cpa ) Retrieved on 18 March 2009.〕 Based on the teaching of Jesus Christ, it also supports reconciliation between classes, nations and peoples.〔 CPA has also voiced advocation of environmentalism when considering economic policies. An important part of the party's outlook is respect for life, manifested in opposition to "abortion as a form of contraception, euthanasia, cloning and practices that directly or indirectly violate or de-value human life".〔 The CPA holds that traditional marriage and the family in general are essential bases for all social cohesion.〔 ==Membership and affiliations== Political writers have asserted that the Christian Peoples Alliance wish to create an alternative to the perceived moral relativism of other parties in the United Kingdom, along the lines of Norway's Christian Democratic Party and Sweden's Christian Democrats — rather than a fundamentalist position.〔Freston, ''Protestant Political Parties'', 53.〕 Since 2007 the party has been affiliated to the European Christian Political Movement including its Youth Network, an association of Christian Democrat parties, think tanks and politicians across Europe who also advocate a Christian Social view.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.christiantoday.co.uk/article/christian.peoples.alliance.joins.forces.with.european.christian.democrats/15807.htm ) Retrieved on 4 June 2009.〕 When the CPA joined, Federal President of the party Stephen Hammond stated; "we want to learn from what other Christian parties are doing in their own countries, but also make a distinctive British contribution ourselves".〔 It also has good relations and has received encouragement from other Christian democrats, such as Andre Rouvoet of the Netherlands' ChristianUnion, Päivi Räsänen of Finland's Christian Democrats and Senator Rónán Mullen an independent member of Ireland's ''Seanad Éireann'' amongst others.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://cpaparty.net/endorsementswelcomes.html ) Retrieved on 4 June 2009.〕 From its inception in 1999, the party has taken the bulk of its membership from Anglicans, Catholics, Evangelicals and the Black Churches.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://cpaparty.net/cpaeuman14.html ) Retrieved on 4 June 2009.〕 Some of the latter group splintered off in 2004 under George Hargreaves to found the Christian Party, which compared to the Christian Peoples Alliance has more of Christian right perspective. The two parties remain separate entities, but in 2008 and 2009 entered electoral pacts with each other as Christian Party-Christian Peoples Alliance.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.citilifecoc.org.uk/EuropeanElection09/aboutus/candidates.html ) Retrieved on 4 June 2009.〕 The Christian Peoples Alliance does not limit its electoral appeal to just Christians, it quotes one supporter saying "I don't believe in God, but I do believe in Christian values".〔 It generally looks to a range of people who feel disenfranchised by the stances of existing parties.〔 It has also gained support from some people of minority religions as an opposition to secularism, social breakdown and moral relativism.〔Freston, ''Protestant Political Parties'', 54.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Christian Peoples Alliance」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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