Is there a Culture War?

I believe that currently in America, a Culture War is running rampant. Although many are not involved, there is a constant clash in mainstream media and poltics between, most prominently, the Radical Right and the Liberal Left. Many members of the Radical Right resist progress and reform, regarding Abortion and Gay Marriage. This resistence would not matter if many members of the convervative right were members of the Economic Elite. Therefore, the economic leverage which the Radical Right posseses then gives them political stregnth which costantly clashes witht the liberal, leftist, progressives. Traditional beliefs and progressive goals are in conflict, as they are seperatly supported by distinctly different groups. Although msot Americans do not fall in either catagory of extremest, the influence of mainstream politics and money drowns out the middle, forcing the country into two catagories. Neither liberals nor conservatives can accomplish their goals due to resistence from either side, reaching as far as the Federal Government, who is at a stalemate on many legislative issues due to the even amounts of both Liberals and Conservatives in Congress. This stalemate, without a possiblity of negotiation is causing a political and cultural war to be stronger than ever.

http://ideas.time.com/2012/10/08/the-new-culture-war-ove-fairness/

http://campaignstops.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/02/07/the-persistence-of-the-culture-war/

http://douthat.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/12/09/class-and-the-culture-war-ii/