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E. J. Dionne has a column arguing that religious influence goes in cycles and that, based on the relatively secular candidates now vying for president, the culture wars are over. Do you think that\u2019s right? I think this grand announcement could prove highly ironic. If California starts persecuting homeschoolers, the culture wars will explode.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1281,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture","category-politics"],"yoast_head":"\n
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