Here in the Bible Belt of the USA, I also get the feeling that xtians are used to being in the majority and used to dictating people's behavior - not by enforcing laws, but by peer pressure. Now they see that influence slipping, they see things they don't approve of becoming accepted, and they want LAWS! The idea that people could even disagree with their position terrifies them.
"The family that prays together...is brainwashing their children."- Albert Einstein