The fundies are turning back the clock.  In fundie world, women are clearly inferior and intended to be subservient. This is a growing part of our population since the fundies have a lot more children per family than the rest of the population.  On an oil/energy related matter, these right wing groups are/will be the big consumers of oil, especially because they need to buy their Suburbans to cart those big families around.  Women subservience equals more children equals more consumption equals a crummy world for the rest of us. Plus, God wouldn't let our planet go down the tube due to oil shortages or global warming so the circle is complete. Fundies, both in the U.S. and in the Islamic world are a threat to the planet.