Tebow can be passive in the face of persecution if he wants to but my first reaction to those two sacriligious opponents who were aping Tim’s prayer pose just to mock him was to yell, “Get up and assume the Heisman Trophy posture in their face, stiff arm and all.”
Tebow drives them crazy because he is not only devout, he has been devout while enjoying great athletic success. Jealousy figures as much in the mockery and criticism of him as anything else.