They'd have done this regardless of the state of industrialization or 1% hate. It's an alliance between religious fundamentalism, and the business community, and what they want has stayed constant despite the short term ebbs and flows of politics.

Also, please don't buy into the states rights nonsense. This group only believes in states rights when they don't control the federal government.

It's really best to just not listen to what it says, and instead look at what it does.