Yes, Alexandra, Jesus said "love one another as I have loved you".  But He goes on to say, "As the Father has loved me, so have I loved you. Abide in my love. If you keep my commandments you will abide in my love just as I have kept my Father's commandments and abide in His love." How can we love Jesus and destroy the child that has been conceived in the womb? How can we love Jesus and not treat our bodies as His temple. Through the sin of impurity, we are offending Jesus terribly. We cannot serve God and our sinful desires. And they are being persecuted for defending life from natural birth to natural death.

Christians are persecuted when they confirm what Jesus said about marriage, "A man shall leave his mother and father and cling to his wife and the two shall become one flesh".  Jesus also said, "If you want to enter (eternal) life, keep the commandments, 'Do not murder, commit adultery, steal, bear false witness and love your neighbor as you love yourself".