BTW, the reason they want to pass a flag burning AMENDMENT to our constitution is because EVERY law passed outlawing desecration of the flag HAS BEEN OVERTURNED by the courts.
Any law protecting the flag in such a way is onconstitutional because every one of them violated the first (and most important) amendment. Thus, since such laws are unconstitutional, you have to change the constitution to make them constitutional. About.com has an interesting page on the history of US flag burning laws http://civilliberty.about.com/od/freespeech/p/flagburning.htm Flag Desecration Amendment (1990, 1995, 1997, 1999-2000, 2001, 2003, 2005-2006): Congress has made seven attempts to overrule the U.S. Supreme Court by passing a constitutional amendment making an exception to the First Amendment in order to allow the government to ban flag desecration. In 1990, when the amendment was first brought up, it failed to achieve the necessary two-thirds majority in the House. After the Republican congressional takeover of 1994, it has consistently passed the House but failed in the Senate. IMO, republicans bring up the flag burning amendment knowing that it would NEVER pass, for the sole purpose of calling out those who vote against it. Rick ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Introducing the Fusion Authority Quarterly Update. 80 pages of hard-hitting, up-to-date ColdFusion information by your peers, delivered to your door four times a year. http://www.fusionauthority.com/quarterly Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:218067 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
