In 2009, Center for American Progress Senior Fellow Ruy Teixeira argued that our nation’s “culture war” (the debates on family and religious values issues) was “coming to an end as a defining aspect of our politics.”

Teixeira’s assessment looks a little premature after two major cultural battles dominated headlines last week.

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