African Christian Democratic Party
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African Christian Democratic Party
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| President | Kenneth Meshoe |
| Founded | 9 December 1993 |
| Headquarters | 2 Fore Street, Alberton, Gauteng |
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Christian democracy Social conservatism |
| Political position | Centre-right to Right-wing |
| Colours | Red and blue |
| National Assembly seats |
3 / 400
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The African Christian Democratic Party is a South African political party founded in 1993. It consists mainly of conservative Christians and its doctrine concentrates mostly on social issues such as abortion, homosexuality and pornography. The leader of the party is Kenneth Meshoe. As of 2016, the ACDP has three members in the South African Parliament, one member in the Western Cape Legislature and 22 municipal councillors across the country.
Following the 2016 municipal elections, the ACDP joined with the much larger Democratic Alliance (DA) and several other smaller parties to form coalition governments in Nelson Mandela Bay, Johannesburg and Tshwane.
The party states that its platform is based on the biblical standard of reconciliation, justice, compassion, tolerance, peace and the sanctity of life, the individual, the family and community.
With regard to the sanctity of life, they are anti-abortion and are pro-life in all other circumstances except with respect to the death penalty for certain heinous crimes.
The ACDP was the only party to vote against the adoption of the final version of the South African Constitution, for reason that it enshrined abortion on demand and the specific protection of sexual orientation.
Its 2000 manifesto opposed the promotion of condoms and safe sex as a way of preventing HIV transmission: "The ACDP feel strongly that the condom campaign must be abandoned and that abstinence and faithfulness in marriage must be promoted." The party supports abstinence-only policy.
The party opposed the provision of the Criminal Law (Sexual Offences and Related Matters) Amendment Act, 2007 which reduced the homosexual age of consent from 19 to 15, making it equal to the heterosexual age of consent.
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