Several states with Republican-led legislatures have passed laws in recent months that purport to expand the range of things people in those states can do while pretending that it’s due to their religion. This is presumably because the Republican base has reached a point of no return, and it is only a matter of time before they are clamoring for the actual flesh of those they deem unworthy.

The good news is that the Republican Party is still also the party of rich people, and money still talks. This led Kansas and Arizona to kill their bills.

What happens, however, if your state already has a reputation as a hopeless backwater like, say, Mississippi? Your governor might just decide there’s nothing left to lose.

(Thanks to Jen for inspiring this.)