This America you speak of, is it anywhere near the United States that offers me freedom of religion?
You have a right, by the first amendment, to tell me Merry Christmas. Hell, you have the right to tell me Merry Christmas in the middle of July. You have the right to tell me that your hair is blue and that you like to stick peanut butter in your nose because your god told you to, and get all your friends to believe it and follow you and declare yourself the high priest of peanutbutternosians.
The same first amendment also protects my freedom of speech to tell you to go fuck yourself. With ten feet of rusty iron fencing. Sideways.
Now, if you want to talk about the winter holiday season, firstly, please return the Yule tree to the pagans. And the Yule log. And the evergreens. And the lights. And the giftgiving. And the guy in the fur suit who rides around in the sleigh. And the carroling. Give that back, too.
I don't even mind if you put a nativity scene up on public property. So long as you keep the hell out of the way as the Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Wiccans, Heathens, Satanists, and atheists put up their displays. If you don't like the fact that everyone in this country has the exact same rights as you, then I suggest you go read the Constitution. Read the first amendment over and over again until you understand what it means. Not just what you want it to mean. Read it, and the read a history book. Read that until you understand why the first amendment was one of the greatest things the founding fathers of this country ever wrote. Then read some more history.
I have the same respect for Christians as I do for people of any other religion. The people I have no respect for are the ignorant fools who can't keep their noses (with or without peanut butter) out of other people's lives and let them live it believing or not believing as they wish.
