Insecure leaders of the national gay and lesbian community, their victim-centric wishes in tatters, resembled the sacked Confederate Army this afternoon when they limped toward the exits in Indiana.

Gay bullies became humiliated losers after threatening yesterday to burn down a pizzeria – and kill the owners —  because one of them gave a politically incorrect answer to one of the year’s less inspired questions.

As of late this afternoon, the terrorized family that has owned Memories Pizza, Walkerton, Indiana, near the Michigan border, population 2,144, for the last decade, remained in hiding in an undisclosed location. They fear attacks.

A South Bend television reporter, who obviously does not get out much, innocently, ignorantly launched the rhetorical lynching yesterday when she asked co-owner Crystal O’Connor two questions.

In view of Indiana’s new “religious freedom” law, would you serve anyone who walks through your door?

Yes, said Ms. O’Connor.

The young girl reporter doomed herself to spending the rest of her unimaginative career in South Bend, or worse, with her followup question:

If a gay couple asked you to cater their wedding, would you?

Cater pizza for a gay wedding? Open the windows. Shoo the odor away. That question requires imagination and a sense of humor.

“If a gay couple was to come in — like say, they wanted us to provide them pizzas for a wedding, we would have to say ‘no,’” Ms. O’Connor, a religious Christian who works two jobs, told WBND

Those were precisely the words gay-watchers nationwide had been hoping but not praying for. The intimidators promptly spun into a Yankee ISIS mode.

The interview went viral.  Just that fast, Memories Pizza became a memory.

Frightened for her life, Ms. O’Connor doused the ovens, the lights, locked the doors and dashed out of sight.

She said this afternoon she does not know if she ever will reopen.

An Indiana Democratic brain surgeon, state Sen. Jim Arnold who represents Walkerton in the Legislature, offered words that gays will find soothing:

“The vast majority of people in this country are not going to stand by and watch that kind of activity unfold,” he said. “If that’s their stand, I hope they enjoy eating their pizza because I don’t think anyone else is going to.”

The Memories Pizza story, however, has a beautiful semi-final ending.

Normative Americans have rushed at record speed to not only defend but greatly aid Memories’ owners.

A sympathetic Christian woman opened a website, gofundme.com

At this hour, honest Americans have contributed an incredible $285,151 to the stunned, needy family.