Well, I have no control over politicians obviously. If they didn't do that, they'd do something else I dislike. I suspect many of them are not very religious but see it as a key to being reelected. So, they pander to a crowd.
They all do it, or nearly all. Look at how the Democrats pander to the climate change alarmists with fake actions that are expensive and basically pointless. That is a kind of religion, to me, a belief in a thing with no real knowledge of it.
Ban soft cheese.