Please don't post flamebait to HN, especially not religious flamebait and regional flamebait.

We've had to warn you about this multiple times before. Please review https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html and fix this.

> Since it's Iowa,

I don’t understand the connection you are trying to make.

The Bible Bench : The message from fundamentalists to state jurists is clear: Judge conservatively, lest ye not be a judge. https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2006/05/bible-bench/

Iowa Supreme Court takes a right turn under Gov. Reynolds https://apnews.com/357e55b3c4ca4432b8a460521f9034ff

Coastal people versus flyover country people

So what is the implication about this homogeneous group you call “flyover people”?

There are large groups of people in the US, primarily living on the coasts, who view the people living in inland states with contempt and hatred. The same attitude is also expressed as “square states”. Any American who thinks that other Americans will find an appeal to Christianity legally convincing has a warped view of US politics. This particular attitude is like Californians who think that gay people aren’t safe in Texas, or that non-white people are at constant risk of physical violence in Alabama.

I’m not endorsing this viewpoint, it’s just the most obvious explanation for anything as stupid as what nabla9 wrote.