@brian64 Please take care with the generalizations. I know a group of Christians right in my ultra-conservative county who are working very hard to follow in the footsteps of Jesus and love all they meet as they love themselves (or better) and give as much as they can to those in need, no matter who those might be. We even feel Atheism is a belief system and should therefore be respected as such.
@brian64 I'm not aware of any large-scale claim by Christians of being persecuted, either. Republicans and conservatives? Sure! Christians as a whole? Not so much.
@caaddison88 I also know a few people who do what they can to follow the teachings of Jesus Christ. But let’s face it; in the overall scheme of things, there’s no large scale “persecution” of Christians going on.