I said a choice or a disorder and the reality could very well be a combination of the two.

People with disorders often make outrageous decisions about the world around them.

Reality is not an ideology. Explaining this to ideologues is not persecution. They might disagree but that doesn't change the facts.

What would the public reaction be if proponents of Sharia law bullied that ideology into our schools, courts and society? Would we be called intolerant persecutors?