Social Conservative or Social Liberal

In the interplay of words and redefinition that is constantly happening –

Am I a social conservative or a social liberal?

A social conservative looks at the past definitions of a society and seeks to conserve them.  A social liberal seeks to have a greater latitude – a sense of liberation.

Here’s an example. 

Marriage is currently defined in Canada fairly broadly.  There are opposite sex marriages and same sex marriages.

Is someone now a social conservative if they define marriage narrowly as between a man and a woman?  Or are they are social conservative if they define marriage much more broadly?

In Canada, the socially liberal would be those who define marriage as between a man and a woman.

A social conservative will defend same-sex marriage as marriage.

Or so it seems to me.

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