An article regarding the “It’s OK to say Merry Christmas” signs was recently published in the Redmond Reporter. There is some controversy over the use of these signs when, as it is obvious to me, there should not be. Small signs placed on public property and, according to the article, taken down before New Year’s Day are legal and a form of free speech. The removal of these signs, as some are clamoring for, would be in direct violation of the First Amendment’s guaranteed rights. Why should these signs be offensive anyway? The point of them is to state that it is OK to speak openly about whatever holiday one celebrates, and not to suppress it for the sake of “political correctness.”

Michael Beecroft

Redmond