To me, it's just a sign that the social right (religious zealots) are losing a grasp on their ideal.
Progress has been made and that progress scares the pants off of some, so they take drastic measures that would have probably been largely accepted 100 years ago. They pass a bill that is clearly unconstitutional in an effort to hold on to something that has quickly become water and is escaping through their fingers.
It's not a sign that we're becoming more oppressive, it's a sign that the oppressors are realizing that they aren't the majority any longer and that change is coming like a freight train.
That's my take anyway.
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