One might start with the political influence of theologically
conservative Christians in recent decades. Since Ronald Reagan’s
election in 1980, a fraught but durable coalition of free-market
advocates and Christian conservatives has anchored the Republican Party.
The Christian Right has targeted myriad scientific theories and
innovations as part of its “culture war” against modern liberalism.
Today its power is such that Republican leaders routinely speak out
against “secularism,” in such varied guises as abortion rights, strict
church-state separation, and Darwinism in the schools. Theological
conservatives also tend to reject climate science, viewing
environmentalism as a dangerous, socialistic religion.
http://bostonreview.net/science-nature/andrew-jewett-how-americans-came-distrust-science
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