As defined in this blog entry, freedom of speech is the freedom to express one's views freely without government interference and any fear of prosecution. Freedom of religion is defined similarly. However, religion ceases to be a religion when its clerics step outside of their religious roles and engage in opining on and partaking in matters that are political.
Many clerics find the need to speak out publicly on every issue they disagree with when they ought to give a hand to those in need, like the Good Samaritan [1], and to "'love [their] enemies and pray for those who persecute [them].'" [2]
Who does that nowadays? Clerics are more interested in securing power, raising funds and mastering hypocrisy.
To add confusion upon confusion, it has become unclear on many fronts as to who are the persecutors and who are the persecuted, who are the victims and who are the attackers. Each side believes it is never wrong. Only God is always right.
This blogger will go as far as to say that the spirit of Christ is either dead or nearly dead in everyone's hearts and minds and it needs to be either resurrected or resuscitated.
[1] https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Luke+10%3A25-37&version=NIV
[2] https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew+5%3A43-48&version=NIV
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