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Port: Could the culture wars bite legislative incumbents on their back sides?
Primary challengers are attacking incumbents over anti-LGBTQ resolutions, book penalties and other social bills that critics say ignored local priorities.
MINOT — For years, a frequent complaint from North Dakota voters is that state lawmakers spend far too much time focused on the culture wars. Things like legislation seeking extraordinary legal consequences for librarians and teachers over books, or pointless resolutions opposing same-sex marriage that accomplish nothing other than to make our LGBTQ friends and neighbors feel unwelcome in our state. The sort of stuff you read about in headlines …