This is the second post of a three-post series talking about the Democratic Party's beliefs, the Republican Party's beliefs, and the Bill of Rights.

The Republican Party

The Republican Party is a result of the Federalist movement.  This movement was based on the ideas of Alexander Hamilton and his allies.  This movement was opposed to the ideas of the Democratic-Republican Party, present day's Democratic Party.

The Republican Party was formed first on the idea that the national government under the Constitution had too much power.  They believed in a weak federal government with the power going directly to the States.  A basic Republican philosophy is that the strenght of the nation depends on the strength of each individual in the Union.

The second basic idea for the formation of the Republican Party is its idea of the purpose of government.  They believe that the purpose of government is to ensure the rights of the people are protected, and at the same time the government must restrict its activities to providing only the services that individuals cannot provide alone.  This is the reason why Republicans are against public transportion, public libraries, public schooling, social security, and a universal healthcare program.

The third principle of the Republican Party insists that a strong national defense system is required to keep the nation safe from outside forces even in times of peace.  They believe that world peace believes in a strong American army.

The fourth idea is for the freedom of Americans to make their own decisions, and to live their own lives free from governmental interference.  This is the main philosophy that today's Republican Party has strayed away from.  The Republican Party is against a woman's right to choose.  They are against the union between two homosexual adults.

The fifth philosophy is that the idea of helping others or helping the little man only adds to excessive government taxation, government control, and plain coercion.  Even this philosophy have the present day Republicans strayed away from.

On contrary to some beliefs, religion was not one of the fundamental principles of the Republican Party.  Religion has only been adopted as a so called "principle" of today's Republican Party for political gain.  Today this is why they are against abortion, gay rights, and the like.