According to the L.A. Times, Culture War is Declared in Europe

The L.A. Times, which is itself a combatant in the culture wars, reports that the culture war is declared in Europe. L.A.'s thick, left of center daily cites as support for its assertion Rocco Buttiglione having been Borked from the EU's justice commissioner position because he took a traditional view of Christian morality, the religiousity of Tony Blair and British politician Ruth Kelly's connections to Opus Dei. In typical LAT fashion the article ends by raising the preposterous spectre of sectarian bloodshed. What the Times writers fail to appreciate is that it is the waning and suppression of faith which led to Europe's greatest bloodbath under the anti-religious regimes of the Nazis and Communists.

In a similar vein, Slate, which usually has an anti-religious bent, carries the article Is France Getting Religion? - In the immigrant suburbs of Paris, secularism is on the wane. By Elisabeth Eaves. This piece was not laden with the usual anti-religous bias found at Slate.