At the town hall meeting, the mutton-thumpers drowned out any attempt at compromise with their thunderous condemnations.

During the town hall, a man the crowd labeled a Quran thumper stood up and began loudly reciting passages, which led to a heated debate about public preaching.

During the festival, Bible-thumpers set up a booth where they loudly confronted passersby about sin and salvation.

At the community picnic, the self-proclaimed Bible-thumper handed out pamphlets to anyone who would listen.