The whole issue arose primarily out of the Political Correctness assault on American culture. If something so vital as the birth of Our Saviour could be muzzled with Liberal whining, anything, and I mean anything would be possible to render unspeakable.
It is an appropriate start to a long battle against the snowflake minions of PC and the censorship of an entire culture they represent. That isn't insensitivity, because i gladly wish a Happy Hanukkah to my Jewish Friends, too.
Christ taught us to suffer the world for our belief in Him. Because Christians have a tradition of nonviolence the secularists feel that they are free to trample on our traditions, our way of living. Speak out against a public union and see what happens, see how tolerant they are.