Louis's indecisiveness and conservatism led some elements of the people of France to view him as a symbol of the perceived tyranny of the "Ancien Régime", and his popularity deteriorated progressively. His unsuccessful flight to Varennes in June 1791, four months before the constitutional monarchy was declared, seemed to justify the rumors that the king tied his hopes of political salvation to the prospects of foreign intervention. The credibility of the king was deeply undermined, and the abolition of the monarchy and the establishment of a republic became an ever-increasing possibility. The growth of anti-clericalism among revolutionaries resulted in the abolition of the "dîme" (religious land tax) and several government policies aimed at the dechristianization of France.