Have you not followed the abortion, trans-rights, or gay marriage dramas that are unfolding before our very eyes? The christian right would love nothing more than to make it illegal to be gay again. As a matter of fact, many also want to make getting an abortion a capital crime. So yes, it's definitely trending in the direction of Saudi Arabia and Iran, it's just that they don't _yet_ have the power to force these laws on the population. Yet, being the key word.