0 a person who strongly defends a particular culture or cultural group:
He established himself as one of the leading culture warriors of the Catholic Right.
In those moments, voters can peer between the lines to see the coward that hides beneath the culture warrior.
But he doesn't have to be a culture warrior.
It is not in fact popular today in the church to be a pronounced culture warrior.
After all, it can't be much fun to be a culture warrior if the opposing culture is constantly wimping out, denying you a chance to show your true mettle.
The sooner the culture warriors accept that reality, the better.
But it's also a partial repudiation of culture warriors past.
Both economic libertarians and culture warriors are bound to be disappointed by the choice.
Thankfully, we're mostly past that, and contentious church-and-state matters involving schools, such as parochial school vouchers, are largely settled except among professional culture warriors.
