Freedom of Speech Extends to Religious Speech

Increasingly the politically correct crowd, read liberal progressives for the most part, are framing ordinary well wishing with a faith component as inappropriate.  "It might offend someone" seems to be the mantra as if they ever worry about offending anyone when they are pushing their own agendas.  Get over it.  America is about freedom of speech and that extends to religious speech.  I'm glad Congressman Rigell did this.  Someone has to stand up for the right to say "Merry Christmas" or "Happy Hannukah" — It should not offend anyone when a person of a particular religion expresses their faith.  Some people might be offended at some expressions of faith, but the first purpose of discourse is to arrive at the truth and second is to arrive at understanding.  We may not all agree on faith expressions, but we should all seek to understand one another.  As G.K. Chesterton said: "Religious liberty might be supposed to mean that everybody is free to discuss religion. In practice it means that hardly anybody is allowed to mention it."  We should discuss our differences and not hide them.