Culture fights are often dismissed as distractions from real policy. That dismissal is itself a political argument.
Law and culture constantly shape one another. The rules a society enforces reveal what it rewards, what it tolerates, and what it expects citizens to become.
Conservatives should not apologize for taking culture seriously. The point is not outrage. The point is inheritance.
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