“Ah, the Bible. The Bible says you should stone your bride to death if you discover she isn’t a virgin on your wedding night. Following your logic, the murderer of his bride could cite sincerely held religious beliefs as a defense for his actions. Have you put forward that law yet? You wouldn’t be cherry-picking the ‘Good Book’ for political purposes, would you? Have you banned evolution or criminalized pork yet?”

Yarbrough tried the security button again. “I’m a good man. The baker is standing his ground. It’s his right to ...”

Gabriel thundered, “ ... to be a bigot who doesn’t understand what it means to follow our Lord’s message of forgiveness, charity and love? That heathen Mark Twain once said, ‘There’s only one Christian in history I heard tell of and they crucified him early on.’ I refuse to think Twain was right. God bless the millions of Christians who practice the love, kindness and charity they preach — unlike the lost sheep like you who shame and embarrass the good Christians with your judgmental bigotry and your hard heart.”

“Fox News says we Christians are persecuted and now even you’re turning against us! I’m calling O’Reilly!”