Rising Above the Culture War?

The problem isn't that the Christian activists' spirituality is too thorough and has a comprehensive impact on their lives; the problem is it's pre-rational and manifesting in pathological ways that are socially destructive. The futility of which I speak is that the fundamental conflict involved--the war between traditionalists and those at post-traditionalist levels of development--is utterly unresolvable so long as the parties remain at their current level. Really, the only way to "win" the culture war would be to utterly demolish the foundations of the traditionalist's religion. Such an approach would surely be perceived as "hate" by the conservative Christians and fiercly resisted, even if it were offered in the spirit of love. There is no way out of the conflict to the left or right; the conflict must be risen above.

...To change hearts on gay marriage or any other social issue, we must realize our individual and cultural limitations and choose to make the difference that we are each best suited to make, given where we stand in society and the ways that we look out at the world.

[via Rising Up]