"I'm of a religious persuasion where this is something we probably don't say."

Q: Were you brought up in any particular religious or political persuasion?

The hospital was open to all who could afford its services, irrespective of their religious persuasion.

"Listen, dear, do you happen to have any Christmas stamps of a religious persuasion?"

My friends are of every political, religious and social persuasion.

That person is not necessarily of the same religious persuasion as the church in which he or she works.

That no reform is just which does not include Irishmen of every religious persuasion.

Most all of them are open to couples of any or no religious persuasion.

My mind immediately started thinking, wait a minute, maybe his religious persuasion is different than mine!

In addition it is sometimes used as a non-specific example of a religious or political persuasion.