i thought it had to be fake, but then i remembered something that kirk cameron said which exposes the mind set of these people in the same way.
It seems like the radically reactionary religious (Edit: noticed alliteration ) are doing are job for us: Scaring the moderates and modern people away from their bronze age BS (More alliteration ).
Contrary to what some people believe, not all religious people belong to the extreme right just as not all republicans support the neocons. This is just one example of many.