Whatever the outcome of this third case, it seems clear that activists intend to keep harassing me – not because the Constitution doesn’t protect my religious freedom and my right to decide for myself what messages I will and will not communicate, but because some people simply disagree with my faith and want to punish me for it. This could happen to anyone in the current legal atmosphere of religious intolerance. Government officials across America are increasingly coming after anyone who pledges a higher allegiance to God (and their own conscience) than to the current social dogma. In just the last few years, officials have used the law to persecute photographers and videographers, a floral artist, a T-shirt printer, a nationally respected fire chief … for nothing more than quietly holding to the tenets of a faith practiced by millions for thousands of years. That should concern every citizen of this country, whether you hold religious beliefs or not. It’s a government overreach that threatens not only our nation’s legal foundations, but the very soul of what it means to be an American. Yet – incredibly – many seem convinced that we can take away the most basic freedoms of people we disagree with … and somehow keep our own.