It's ironic when a Christian say that gays have more rights than them now. And that's simply because Christians don't have as much control over people's bedrooms and personal life as they used to. These bigots love to play the victim!!!
Ask them how Jesus and the Apostles get around between the various cities. (they walk) What's the climate? (warm to hot in the day, cold at night -- middle east was scrub land almost a desert back then) No hotels along the way. So how did they sleep -- cuddled up to each other. And there was no funny business between them? You can see the wheels turning... It can be fun.
Persecution is the Catch Cry of most religions, Christianity in particular.
Without their totally imaginary persecutions they 'd be bereft of anything to support their endless pushes for Religious Freedoms, those same freedoms that they have enjoyed and reveled in for the past 1,600+ years.