America typically persecutes the extremes.
The extreme left and the extreme right. Free speech, etc., only belongs to the middle. Like a lot of things, it sounds good, sounds better than it is in practice.
And whether they admit it or not, the right doesn't like Muslims. Period. Witness the popularity of pee's "Religion of Peace" posts about Islam, with no posts showing the cruelty and ignorance Christians can exhibit in the name of Christ.
Arf