This is a recent article journalist Kelly Moore wrote on TaraElla:
Permissive liberals and tradition-following conservatives have been fighting a battle to control our culture for decades. It arguably started in the 1960s. In the five decades that this fight has been going on, however, neither team seems to have won.
Now, to make things even more complicated, a third front seems to have opened in this cultural war. This camp is committed to traditional ideals like a strong family and a clean cut image, yet support the liberal worldview of tolerance, internationalism and interfaith and interracial peace initiatives. Many of them are the offspring of moderate conservatives from the baby boomer generation, although converts from other camps are also present. One of the reasons for the emergence of this camp is clear: the conservative movement has become ever more conservative and guided by religious fundamentalism, whilst Generation Y has grown up to be socially liberal over matters like racial equality and tolerance of gay people. Whilst the minority of Y'ers who grew up in households of religious fundamentalism will mostly still cling to strict conservatism, other Y'ers who grew up in traditional families that are more moderate often blend in their support for family values with typical Generation Y values of tolerance and acceptance. The results can be interesting - many support gay marriage, but are pro-life, for example.
Take TaraElla, a writer/artist and rising icon in this new camp. She wishes to make clean living and commitment popular again for her generation, yet she is a strong supporter of multiculturalism and gay rights. She has faced opposition from both conventional liberals who have even labeled her a 'new type of cultural war adversary', as well as religious conservatives for her interfaith initiatives and support for gay rights.
Only time will tell how successful this new cultural group will be. Who knows - this may even spell the end of the cultural wars itself. But let's not be optimistic before things have time to unfold, as the conventional cultural war camps still have a lot of pull.
Read the original article at Associated Content.
