[opus86]

With all due respect to Limbaugh and Ms. Coulter - I like them both - I don't see this as persecution. IMHO persecution implies harm and suffering, and I don't see it here. These accounts are appalling, and certainly are evidence of growing anti-Christian bigotry, but not persecution. Christians are being sold as slaves, wrongfully imprisoned, and executed in other parts of the world; that is persecution. The U.S. isn't there, at least not yet.

[Maigrey]

Actually, in this case, the actions of the administrators would qualify as a classic example of persecution.

Persecute:

To oppress or harass with ill-treatment.

Kids are in these indoctrination centers, and being forced to hide their Christianity at the expense of promoting something that either the kids or the parents don't want them exposed to in the school.

Simple answer: private schools, or (better) Homeschool.

[Belial]

With all due respect to Limbaugh and Ms. Coulter - I like them both - I don't see this as persecution. IMHO persecution implies harm and suffering, and I don't see it here.

Could it be??? Ann Coulter exaggerates???

[Mr. Silverback]

Christians are being sold as slaves, wrongfully imprisoned, and executed in other parts of the world; that is persecution. The U.S. isn't there, at least not yet.

My wife has this answer for you: Don't do anything about this, and it will be.

I have this answer for you: "People ask me when I go to churches to speak, 'When do you think persecution will come to America?' Lately, my response has been, 'Ask Cassie Bernall's parents if we have persecution in America yet.'"--Tom White, President of Voice of the Martyrs and a victim of torturous persecution at the hands of Castro's regime.

Don't let your good instinct (to refuse whining) blind you. If Christians cannot share their ideas in the public square or must pretend they're not Christians when they enter certain buildings, that is persecution, plain and simple. The fact that our brothers and sisters are suffering worse elsewhere doesn't change that a bit.