they're so afraid that the other party is going to force their kids to be gay/trans/communist and outlaw praying

You are correct about this, and goddamn it's stupid. Imagine how non functional your brain needs to be to think someone is going to even encourage your kids to be trans, let alone force them to be. Like imagine thinking a teacher would get up in front of kids and say to them "you kids should try being trans". Imagine thinking that would really happen. Yes like two weirdos in all of history might do it. It's just the most idiotic fear I can imagine having. What it tells me is that they're fully convinced that if anyone just thinks about it too much they might be convinced they are trans or gay. Which means they think your feelings on these matters come from thoughts or ideas, not hormones or how your brain is wired at birth. Which tells me a lot of them are really, deeply afraid, that they themselves would become trans or gay if they just thought about it enough. Jesus Christ.