The religious "conservatives" are continually trying to over ride the will of the people. I guess it's our damned fault that we vote them in. They're trying to Gerrymander MO to a 7-1 congressional map, which is no where near representative of the State as a whole. And how are Christian values not Authoritarian? It's always been thus. 

“The purpose of separation of church and state is to keep forever from these shores the ceaseless strife that has soaked the soil of Europe in blood for centuries."