The First Amendment addresses several things separate from freedom of speech against government that have become mashed together and spoken of as a single concept.

That single concept is nonsense. Freedom of speech doesn’t mean you can say what you want and everyone has to broadcast it, read it, or hear it. It means you are allowed to say it, write it, and print it in whatever market will hear it and without fear of prosecution by the goverment when speaking against the government.

Can you find a publisher for your speech? Your problem.

Do people want to pay for or hear what you have to say? Maybe. Maybe not. But, you have the right to say it without fear of prosecution by the government.

The Tebows have said their piece. The liberal market simply doesn’t want it. There’s absolutely nothing wrong with that in a free market society. And already, alternative markets have picked up the product (e.g. this blog.)

Does that mean CBS is good or correct? Not at all. Don’t like what CBS did? Boycott CBS. They’re a bad organization in my opinion.

Does it mean that the Tebows right of free speech has been violated? Of course it doesn’t, because their right hasn’t been violated. They spoke. The market they or their representatives chose didn’t want the product. Maybe it will hurt the market, maybe it won’t. But the Tebows remain free from prosecution by the government – per intent of the amendment.

Let’s keep our efforts focused on the right things of speech and maybe everyone else will come around, too.