***When did you not have that right?***
When our public schools turned the holiday into a Winter Holiday instead of a Christmas Holiday. My point is to keep saying Merry Christmas because it IS a Christian holiday. And your polite reply of Happy Holiday is fine.
"***When did you not have that right?***
When our public schools turned the holiday into a Winter Holiday instead of a Christmas Holiday. My point is to keep saying Merry Christmas because it IS a Christian holiday. And your polite reply of Happy Holiday is fine."
But, your original message had to do with saying, "Merry Christmas" to store clerks. You said you were going to take that right back. You never lost that right.
Indeed, schoolkids say "Merry Christmas" to each other all the time. They never lost that right, either.
However, the schools cannot offer up a Christmas celebration with Christian symbolism as an official function. That is true. The reason is that every school has students who do not celebrate Christmas, because they are of another faith or because their sect of Christianity forbids them to celebrate Christmas. So...the school stays out of religious celebration.
The children, however, may wish anyone they want a "Merry Christmas, Happy Chanukkah, Happy Kwanzaa, or even a Happy New Year," as they choose.
The government may not officially celebrate religious holidays where people are compelled to attend, and school is one such place where people are compelled to attend. That's how it works. Individuals, however, are free to celebrate whatever religious holiday they wish. That is their right.
Government has no rights. Only people have rights.