There are a lot of left wingers in the Methodist church. Also drama queens would enjoy the "prank" of being rebellious against the prevailing culture (Christian) of the school. These idiots had a reason to target Baptist churches with arson "pranks." If it is a liberal excuse, we will never be informed by the old media or the perps.
The school was founded by methodist, but it's a big party/drinking school, very anti war, very liberal.