“Several Orthodox priests whom I know, including my own Confessor, say that there may well be martyrs in America in the near future.”
Let us hope it does not come to that, let us hope that theses nuts in Washington wise up before they let their ideological madness drive them to commit even greater evils.
There are a lot more sources of potential (and actual) persecution of Christians in our country than just the government.
“Political correctness” is a form of persecution, but not one that usually leads to martyrdom (as of yet). Just think about the large numbers of institutions in our society that enforce “political correctness”!!!!