Well, no, you still don't get it.
It was free speech for us to express our objections. We don't have control of the network. They made the decision to pull the episode.
Free speech has consequences. The network could have made the decision to play the episode again, but they made a judegement based on the consequences. Just like the Catholics knew the consequences for them would be that people would laugh at them for making the objection. But Catholics feel that defending the honor of the Virgin Mary outweighs those consequences.
It is free speech for you to object, I'm all for it. But its not free speech when you call for something to be censored, there is NO way to spin that.
Like I said, everyone is for free speech, just as long as it is free speech they agree with.
You don't have control of the network, but you do have control of YOUR TV. Quit your whining and don't watch it if you are offended.