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Should it be illegal to burn our national flag?

Should it be illegal to burn the American flag?

In 2006, the U.S. Senate rejected a Constitutional Amendment which would have allowed Congress to pass legislation prohibiting the burning or desecration of the U.S. flag. The Flag Protection Act of 2005 was introduced by Senators Bob Bennett (R-Utah), Hillary Clinton (D-NY), Barbara Boxer (D-CA), Mark Pryor (D-ARK) and Thomas Carper (D-Del). The Act proposed a punishment of up to one year in jail and a fine of no more than $100,000.

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 @9DD2FC2 from New York  answered…2yrs2Y

No and pardon all people who were prosecuted for burning pride flags this type of double standard shouldn't be tolerated

 @93NMPPCRepublican from New York  answered…3yrs3Y

Yes arson is illegal

 @8XFGBBJ from New York  answered…4yrs4Y

no and make it legal to burn any flag including those ****** flags that liberal snowflakes whine about being burned

 @8WTWN7XLibertarian from New York  answered…4yrs4Y

No, You would not be able to burn the flag and hate your country if you didn't live in a free society. Thus making the act an act of ignorance and disrespect for freedom.

 @8SYGDDRRepublican from New York  answered…4yrs4Y

burning a flag sounds more like arson not protected speech

 @8SFTKXH from New York  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, and sentence anyone that does it to death

 @8SFQ2FK from New York  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, and the punishment should be death

 @8Q7HJBW from New York  answered…4yrs4Y

No, if it's your own property you have the right to burn it, but if it's public property or the property of others then yes.

 @8PWNKLJ from New York  answered…4yrs4Y

No, it should be legal to burn any flag as long as it's not public property or the property of others.

 @8PQWW3V from New York  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, only if the flag is on federal property.

 @8P8W4SMDemocrat from New York  answered…5yrs5Y

No, as long as it's your own flag and not the property of another person or the community.

 @8NW4MJM from New York  answered…5yrs5Y

It should only be illegal if it is a fire hazard, if the flag is not owned by the person burning it or the act of burning the flag is harming others by way of fumes or it is done in an area where fires are not permitted. If there is a threat made of harming others in connection with burning the flag, the person(s) making the threat should be prosecuted for the threat itself.

 @8CMYDCXProhibition from New York  answered…5yrs5Y

No if it's your flag, however if it's a public flag or someone else flag there should be charges if they owner wishes to press them.

 @9C98GGN from New York  answered…2yrs2Y

No, unless it's public property or someone else's property

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