YOUR ARGUMENT APPLIES MAINLY TO SOCIAL CONSERVATIVES WHO DO INDEED OPERATE WITH THAT KIND OF RELIGIOUS FERVOR. IT DOES NOT APPLY, HOWEVER, TO OTHER KINDS OF CONSERVATIVES - SUCH AS THE TYPE STEPHEN IS MOCKING (O'REILLY, HANNITY). WHILE THOSE PUNDITS THROW OUT CHRISTIAN TERMS NOW AND THEN, THEY ARE NOT FERVENTLY RELIGIOUS BY RIGHT-WING STANDARDS, SO NEITHER IS C!STEPHEN.

IF C!STEPHEN WERE TARGETING JAMES DOBSON OR TODD FRIEL, I THINK HE WOULD DELVE MORE INTO THE INSTITUTIONALIZATION YOU MENTION.