Persecution Affects Three Families in Yaroslavl Persecution that results from people exercising their choice of religion is painful. Those JWs or their spouses who exercise their choice of religion by choosing to reject the JW faith and are persecuted through shunning have painful experiences. JWs complain when their freedom of religion is curtailed while denying others their freedom of religion by shunning those JWs and/or their spouses who reject the JW faith.
