Someone has to. To leave such statements unanswered just feeds the widely-held suspicion that behind the mouthed platitudes about respect for other faiths and legal immigrants, conservatives and Republicans harbor bigots who grudgingly (or in epow's word, "sorrowfully") tolerate other cultures and faiths as long as they don't get all uppity and demand full rights and equal treatment and stuff.
Posts like epow's are just a couple steps short of a call to Christian jihad and support for a Christian Taliban. I am not qualified to police Christian ideology. But I am qualified, and in fact obligated, to stand up for a free, pluralistic and constitutional Republic that respects and values all its citizens.
...and besides, it’s good practice for when you want to argue pot laws with a subscriber to High Times.
You can’t argue points or faith/belief. The more the person who believes argues, the more he or she feels they are strengthing their faith. Very often faith is strengthened in or through conflict.