Shoving

Today a woman was telling me that a man invited her son to go to church with him. The woman told the man that her son was not permitted to go to church, because she was sick of people trying "to shove religion down my throat."

Is anyone else sick of this phrase, "Religion shoved down my throat"? I mean, come on! Being invited to church is hardly shoving something down your throat.

Hey, Jerry, wanna come over for dinner?

No thanks, man. I'm sick and tired of having food shoved down my throat.