In the link below, there is an article about a Miami Dolphins cheerleader who has filed discrimination complaints against the NFL, claiming she was singled out for abuse & discrimination and so forth. The subject of this alleged abuse & discrimination was her disclosure of her Christian practices and advocacy of the same. She claims it started after she posted her baptism photo on social media and her superiors actually criticized her statements on her virginity and abstention from premarital sex.

Now on the one hand, yeah, there is definitely hypocrisy and a double standard for how stuff like this is handled. Had she been advocating Islamic practices & faith, or even the same sexual attitudes, out of a dedication to Islam, it is doubtful her "abusers" would have felt nearly as comfortable taking the actions she alleges and if they had, this would be a bigger scandal, legal action would be more certain, and there would have been an outpouring of high level public support.

But it still doesn't change the fact that this sort of hypersensitivity is pointless and stupid. That a gay or Muslim cheerleader would be able to make a big stink over this sort of thing and make people suffer for it does not make it either right, or something other groups should seek after. There is a huge difference between a crime and a personal mistake or unsavory behavior. If you believe a sodomite is going to hell, polite correction and warning is the best thing for him or her (albeit in the nature of casting pearls before pigs - it is the very rare person who is not aware of this prognosis; indeed, the homosexual community, generally speaking, seems to revel in that belief). Ridiculing, mocking or casting yourself as morally superior to such an individual is neither in keeping with Christian standards of behavior, nor conducive to the salvation of the soul (and in the same vein, I am no more sanguine about the prospects of salvation for a Protestant cheerleader than the hypothetical sodomite).

Moses, on behalf of God, told Pharaoh "Let my people go,that they might worship in the desert"(emphasis mine). Freedom is essential to the Christian in a hostile or intolerant society, in order that we might live and worship as we know we must. Freedom of association is critical to the maintenance and promulgation and protection of our respective faiths. And that must be a two way street. If we should not be required to submit to the PC police in our institutions, if we can enjoy the freedom to associate with one another, or not associate with those whose company is an occasion of sin, or detrimental to our faith, we have to respect the right of other people not to want us around. If we don't want to hear about the sex lives of deviants and perverts, why should we impose word of our practices on them? Especially if it's going to make them feel bad or ashamed of themselves. There is a difference between holding to your beliefs, to owning your positions and practices, even when you might be subject to ridicule for it, and waving it around like a flag. It's easy to perceive sanctimony in the latter, ESPECIALLY when the person in question responds to negative reactions by bringing down a legal hammer.

Finally, regarding persecution for the faith, for a true Christian, for the sort of person who spreads the Good News of her own salvation and joyfully shares her out-of-the-mainstream embrace of positions on sexuality, the only appropriate response to discrimination and ridicule is gratitude. Our Lord promised us absolutely nothing else in this world. I doubt you're going into the martyrology alongside those who embraced torture and death for their faith, if you're whining about being made uncomfortable at your cheerleading job. They aren't even taking away your ability to do honest work. At most, they are encouraging you to take up more remunerative work (like EVERY other article on the internet about NFL cheerleaders talks about how hard they have it, and how badly they're paid) that allows you to more decently present the beauty of God's handiwork in your flesh.

There is more than one way to live a Christian lifestyle and be a witness to the Truth than using a sexually exploitative occupation to brag about your baptism and virginity. St Paul probably got kicked off the cheerleading team too, right before all the scourging and imprisonments and shipwrecks and beheading, but he preferred to boast of his infirmities so people could credit God for his accomplishments. How are people supposed to see Christianity as better if we react to bad news like everyone else?