Church and state are a marriage made in heaven. They scratch each others backs to keep people in their 'ordained' place as the worker ants of society.

They work hand-in-glove to ensure the continuation of white male supremacism, against women, against non-whites, homosexuals, and anyone else who threatens to make them give up some of their dominant privileged superior status.

Between them they control all the strings of society keeping people in fear of poverty and destitution and the hell fire and damnation of god. And the more hatred and argument they can stir up between the 'lower orders' the more it serves their purpose.