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	Flag Desecration Amendment - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Flag Desecration Amendment, often referred to as the flag burning amendment, is a controversially proposed amendment to the United States Constitution that would allow the United States Congress to statutorily proscribe the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.
		While the proposed amendment is most frequently referred to colloquially in terms of flag burning, the language would permit the prohibition of all forms of flag desecration, which may take forms other than burning, such as uses for clothing or napkins.
		The first federal Flag Protection Act was passed by Congress in 1968 in response to protest burnings of the flag at demonstrations against the Vietnam War.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Flag_Burning_Amendment (2734 words)

	CNN.com - Senate opens flag-burning debate - Jun 27, 2006
		Observers give the flag amendment a better chance of passing than the one to ban same-sex marriages that was defeated earlier this month.
		"Flag burning is a form of expression that is spiteful or vengeful," the five-term Pennsylvania Republican said during the debate.
		The 5-4 ruling found that burning the flag was a political statement and laws barring it were an unconstitutional restriction of free speech.
	www.cnn.com /2006/POLITICS/06/26/flag.amendment/index.html (641 words)

	USFlag.org: A website dedicated to the Flag of the United States of America - Constitutional Amendendment Issue (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		The amendment is in response to Supreme Court rulings in 1989 and 1990 that struck down federal and state statutes prohibiting flag desecration, holding that those laws infringed on the right to free speech and expression under the First Amendment.
		By Tuesday December 12th,1995, the Senate was ready to vote on the measure, with the vote being 63-36 in favor of the amendment, three short of the two-thirds needed to propose an amendment for ratification by the states.
		Flags don't have rights, only people do, and while I agree that burning the flag is offensive, individuals don't have the right to not be offended.
	www.usflag.org /amendment.html (2414 words)

	Flag Burning
		It was a case involving the burning of another symbol, however, in which the Supreme Court announced the test it would use to analyze expressive conduct cases.
		The Court concluded that the flag burning was "speech" and again determined that the flag desecration statute was aimed at the communicative impact of Johnson's message.
		The Court's decisions in the flag burning cases has led to numerous attempts to pass a constitutional amendment authorizing punishment of flag burning and mutilation, but so far the proposed amendment has fallen short of the two-thirds support necessary in the Senate.
	www.law.umkc.edu /faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/flagburning.htm (765 words)

	firstamendmentcenter.org: Flag-burning in Speech - Overview
		After about 1900, the supposed threat to the flag shifted from commercial exploitation to the threat allegedly posed by its use as a means of expressing radical protest — by the likes of political radicals, trade union members, and immigrants (who were often indiscriminately lumped together).
		On Oct. 19, the constitutional amendment was killed, at least for that year, when the Senate defeated it by a vote of 51 for and 48 against, with two-thirds of those voting required for approval.
		Flags were burned in about a dozen cities shortly after the law took effect in late October.
	www.firstamendmentcenter.org /Speech/flagburning/overview.aspx (1229 words)

	NPR : A Flag-Burning Amendment? In 2006?
		There are specific "rules" for flying the flag when to raise the flag, when to lower the flag and when to respectfully burn the flag because of the condition of the flag.
		Flag burning is a legitimate statement of civil disobedience.
		The deaths and injury of those that have 'followed' the flag into battle to protect the rights of the Constitution of the USA should very much be commended and honored, but let US not disgrace the honor of their total commitment by punishing those that choose to make a point with flag-burning.
	www.npr.org /templates/story/story.php?storyId=5515528 (2944 words)

	CNN.com - Flag-burning amendment fails by a vote - Jun 28, 2006
		A constitutional ban on flag burning is seen as being more widely popular than the proposed amendment to ban same-sex marriages.
		"Flag burning is a form of expression that is spiteful or vengeful," the five-term senator said.
		Johnson that flag burning was a political statement and that state laws banning it were unconstitutional.
	www.cnn.com /2006/POLITICS/06/27/flag.burning/index.html (666 words)

	SPIN.com: Flag Burning Amendment Rejected
		A proposed constitutional amendment banning flag burning failed to pass in the Senate, but only by one vote.
		By a single vote, the Senate failed to achieve the two-thirds majority needed to pass the measure, which is the latest in a string of controversial election-year votes crafted by Republican leaders.
		Senators opposing the amendment have crafted an alternative proposal that would ban flag desecration by law instead of by amendment.
	www.spin.com /features/everybodystalkingabout/2006/06/060629_flag (394 words)

	Whatever: Cracking the Flag-Burning Amendment
		Burning the flag should be illegal for the same reason it is illegal to deface the Statue of Liberty or the Lincoln Memorial.
		Burning the flag tells the other nations of the world, especially those who wish us to falter, that we don't really have any respect for democracy or freedom, that we are really just a bunch of damn hypocrites.
		Burning the flag should never be made illegal, and anyone who says that it should obviously hasn't the slightest idea of what the flag is supposed to be symbolic of in the first place.
	www.scalzi.com /whatever/003585.html (14082 words)

	GOP pushes flag burning amendment - March 24, 1999
		WASHINGTON (AllPolitics, March 24) -- A constitutional amendment to ban flag burning, which died in the Senate last year for lack of action, is getting a renewed push in the new legislative year by House Republicans.
		Supporters say that burning the flag is tantamount to a hate crime and is not constitutionally protected speech.
		Hyde attributed the disconnect to a disagreement on the interpretation of flag desecration "as free speech or as an act -- a hate crime."
	www.cnn.com /ALLPOLITICS/stories/1999/03/24/flag.burning (532 words)

	SignOnSanDiego.com > News > Politics -- House approves flag-burning amendment
		WASHINGTON – Supporters of a constitutional amendment to ban flag burning hoped a bigger Republican majority in Congress and wartime patriotism would give the proposal the best chance in years to advance to the states for ratification.
		As in the House, the amendment needs a two-thirds majority of those voting for the Senate to pass the amendment and send it to the states for ratification.
		The amendment is designed to overturn a 5-4 Supreme Court ruling in 1989 that flag burning is a protected free-speech right.
	www.signonsandiego.com /news/politics/20050622-1641-flagburning.html (786 words)

	Pew Research Center: No Clamor for Amendment From Flag-Waving Public (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Flag burning again came in dead last - with just 4% naming it as their first or second most important issue.
		Of all the issues tested in the Pew survey, a proposed flag-burning amendment is the one that generated the biggest opinion gap between lower- and higher-educated respondents.
		A new Gallup poll similarly found respondents, by a 56%-41% margin, favoring "a constitutional amendment that would allow Congress and state governments to make it illegal to burn the American flag." However, that level of support is considerably lower than the 71% and 68% recorded by Gallup in 1989 and 1990, respectively.
	pewresearch.org /obdeck/?ObDeckID=32 (1411 words)

	Red-state Dems back flag-burn ban (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Preliminary surveys conducted last week suggest that the amendment, which passed the House by a 286-130 vote, is one or two votes short of the 67 it needs in the Senate to be submitted to the states for ratification.
		Burning the flag, a frequent protest tactic, especially outside the United States, would be illegal in the states if the Senate passes the amendment and enough states ratify it.
		Stabenow was a consistent supporter of the amendment during her two terms in the House.
	www.hillnews.com /thehill/export/TheHill/News/Campaign/062905.html (732 words)

	Senate Rejects Flag Desecration Amendment
		The amendment's opponents agreed that flag burning is repugnant, but argued that U.S. troops died to preserve freedoms that include controversial political statements.
		Burning an American flag in anger, she said, is "conduct, not speech" because the flag is "the symbol of our democracy, our shared values, our commitment to justice, our remembrance to those who have sacrificed to defend these principles."
		Opposing the amendment was McConnell, the Senate's second-ranking GOP leader, and Bennett, a quiet, mainstream Republican.
	www.washingtonpost.com /wp-dyn/content/article/2006/06/27/AR2006062701056.html (1222 words)

	House OKs flag desecration amendment - Politics - MSNBC.com
		The amendment’s supporters expressed optimism that a Republican gain of four seats in last November’s election could produce the two-thirds approval needed in the Senate as well after four failed attempts since 1989.
		Amendment, in 1971, extended the right to vote to citizens as young as 18.
		The last time the Senate voted on the flag-burning amendment, the tally was 63 in favor and 37 against, four votes short of the two-thirds majority needed.
	msnbc.msn.com /id/8318974 (711 words)

	Think Progress » Flag burning amendment rejected.
		Burning a flag is not covered by the First Amendment, but outlawing it is completely retarded.
		Burning the flag is indeed an act of peaceful protest against a government.
		Burning a flag is not “expression”, it is destruction.
	thinkprogress.org /2006/06/27/flag-burning-amendment-rejected (6467 words)

	Flag Burning Amendment \| media girl (mediagirl.org)
		The burning question in the Beltway-Christianist power circles is whether Bush's apparent low interest in the amendment proposition will help or hurt the hate amendment's chances.
		On the flag desecration front, on the other hand, the GOP is finally standing up, ready to do something about all those flag desecrators we see every day.
		I see flag desecration every time I drive, when I see supposed patriots who have pasted Old Glory onto the ass side of their cars, where our American colors get belched on by automobile exhaust and diesel grit and road grime.
	mediagirl.org /tags/flag-burning-amendment (1530 words)

	Anti-Flag Burning Amendment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Hatch and at least 62 other Senate supporters are attempting to pass a joint resolution (67 votes are needed in the Senate) proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States authorizing Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag of the United States.
		Our flag is, now more than ever, a symbol of that resolve.
		Protection of the flag against mindless desecration represents defense of the thousands of brave men and women who have died over the years to protect the freedoms we all cherish,” Cornyn said.
	www.johncornyn.com /news/flag.html (376 words)

	USATODAY.com - Flag-burning amendment could singe Democrats (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		"I support federal legislation that would outlaw flag desecration, much like laws that currently prohibit the burning of crosses, but I don't believe a constitutional amendment is the answer," she said, adopting a position similar to the one taken by her husband, former President Clinton, when he was in office.
		Her aides said there is no contradiction in being against the flag-burning amendment and for a flag-burning law.
		They say she believes a federal law would not trample First Amendment rights because, like laws against cross burnings, it would ban flag desecration that is deemed to pose a threat to others — and not acts of political expression that are protected by the First Amendment.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2005-06-23-dems-flag_x.htm?csp=34 (951 words)

	Mark in Mexico
		It was probably just a little show of patriotism for the homefolks, although about 130 representatives declined the opportunity and voted "NAY." The exercise of burning a US flag in protest of...well...whatever is a favorite pastime of the fringes of political action.
		Personally, I think that everytime a flag gets burnt and it is publicized, the extremists move a little further from their goal, whatever that might be.
		I think they have two years after the amendment's presentation to them to ratify or the amendment dies.
	markinmexico.blogspot.com /2005/06/flag-burning-amendment.html (252 words)

	House passes flag-burning measure
		If the amendment does pass the Senate by the required margin, it would need ratification by 38 states over seven years to become part of the Constitution, which has been amended 27 times since 1788.
		Opponents said that flag burnings and other forms of desecration are rare, hardly worth amending the Constitution and taking away a First Amendment right.
		Opponents said the amendment diverted the House from addressing serious problems such as the war in Iraq, the government's treatment of veterans and the need to help the 45 million Americans without health insurance.
	www.sfgate.com /cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2005/06/22/MNflag22.DTL (1035 words)

	Flag Burning Amendment Fails (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		Arguing there were other, less drastic ways of dealing with the issue, the Senate rejected on Wednesday a proposed constitutional amendment banning burning and other types of violence against the United States flag.
		The vote was the latest in a long series of attempts by lawmakers to undo a 1989 Supreme Court ruling that said flag burning is a form of speech protected by the First Amendment.
		If passed by Congress, a constitutional amendment would require ratification by three-quarters of the states for the measure to become part of the U.S. Constitution.
	www.newsmax.com /articles/?a=2000/3/30/63841 (432 words)

	American Civil Liberties Union
		Freedom of speech is protected in the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights and is guaranteed to all Americans.
		The proposal, which requires two-thirds of those voting and present to pass, was adopted by an eight-vote margin on a vote of 286 to 130.
		The Senate is expected to vote on the amendment as early as tomorrow.
	www.aclu.org /FreeSpeech/FreeSpeechlist.cfm?c=50 (605 words)

	People For the American Way - Oppose the Flag Desecration Amendment
		The main purpose of the amendment is election year politicking – the Republican leadership has moved this bill forward to create an opportunity to question the patriotism of its opponents; and
		While the Flag Amendment has passed the House of the Representatives in the past with the required 2/3 majority, it has always been stopped in the Senate.
		Now, for the first time the amendment is within a single vote of passage in the Senate as well.
	www.pfaw.org /pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=10107 (331 words)

	SitNews - Letter: Flag Burning Amendment By Robert Freedland
		The flag-burning amendment is one of those issues.
		While there are rare patriots among us who find any satisfaction in the desecration of Old Glory, there are many of us who love our country enough to be aware of the importance of protecting the widest range of freedom of speech.
		If it is now permissable to pass Amendments to the Bill of Rights to limit those freedoms in order to protect a flag, should we pass laws mandating that each person wave a flag all day long?
	www.sitnews.us /0606Viewpoints/062706_robert_freedland.html (449 words)

	FOXNews.com - House Passes Flag-Burning Amendment - Politics \| Republican Party \| Democratic Party \| Political Spectrum (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05)
		WASHINGTON — A constitutional amendment to outlaw flag burning cleared the House Wednesday but faced an uphill battle in the Senate.
		Clear here to see how your representative voted.
		Joseph Biden (search), D-Del., a likely presidential candidate, has said he would oppose the amendment.
	www.foxnews.com /story/0,2933,160443,00.html (899 words)

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