He said that the liberal branch of the Episcopal Church was promoting values that the majority of the congregations opposed.

However, more liberal branches of Judaism have a more relaxed requirement of immersion and circumcision.

The sharply differing roles of men and women remain an important way in which the Orthodox distinguish themselves from more liberal branches of Judaism.

Theologically, the LCA was most often considered the most liberal and ecumenical branch in American Lutheranism.

One of the defining features of Orthodox Judaism, compared with the other, more liberal branches, is the insistence on strict distinctions between men and women.

In liberal branches of Judaism, there is no standard text to be recited and customs vary accordingly.

Yet paying closer attention to Jewish traditions is by no means atypical among members of the Reform movement, Judaism's largest liberal branch.

Rabbis from the smaller, liberal Reconstructionist branch have been performing such ceremonies for years, with the support of their movement.

In both mainline and liberal branches of Protestant Christianity, women are ordained as clergy.

The fathers' rights movement has both liberal and conservative branches, with different viewpoints about how men and women compare.