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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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Response rates from 848 State Senate District 5 voters.

31%
Yes
69%
No
29%
Yes
50%
No
1%
Yes, and it should be illegal to burn any nation’s flag
9%
No, this is a violation of free speech
8%
No, I don’t respect anyone who does but they should have the right to do so
1%
No, it’s just a piece of cloth that doesn’t represent what it should

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 @cryingleftist from Texas  answered…5yrs5Y

No, flag code states that once a flag is no longer fit for use burning it is the most respectful way to dispose of it.

 @SeanFrye2006  from West Virginia  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, burning a flag should be considered inciting violence against that nation, and should not be covered under free speech.

 @9CYQ6J7 from Washington  answered…2yrs2Y

Yes, and it should be illegal to desecrate any national symbol

 @8MC76TX from Utah  answered…5yrs5Y

No, burning polyester is bad for the environment.

 @9GZJQDF from South Carolina  answered…2yrs2Y

this is full disrespect they should go to prision for awhile not death but long enough they wont do it again

 @LuckyChucky411 from California  answered…5yrs5Y

No, since it is a violation of free speech, the veneration for the flag is idolatrous at best, and BURNING IS AN APPROPRIATE MEANS OF DISPOSAL ACCORDING TO THE FLAG CODE!!!

 @9PCWYHR  from Florida  answered…1yr1Y

Yes, and it should be illegal to burn any nation’s flag; however, if the flag code has a provision on burning the flag, that ought to be legal still

 @9KRKWG6 from Minnesota  answered…2yrs2Y

Texas v Johnson already established that is legal to do so, even though I don’t support desecration of the flag.

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Trump’s Doom vs. Harris’s Hope as America Decides Its Fate

Donald J. Trump and Kamala Harris closed out their campaigns in the final hours before Election Day in starkly different moods: The former president, often appearing drained at arenas that were not filled, claimed that the country was on the brink of ruin, while the vice president promised a more united future as energized supporters chanted alongside her, “We’re not going back.”In stop after stop, the presidential rivals essentially offered up two competing versions of reality on Monday and into early Tuesday. Mr. Trump repeatedly raised the specter of unchecked immigration and the dangers of Democratic policies as he spoke to crowds in North Carolina and Pennsylvania before closing with a midnight rally in Michigan.With a comparatively more optimistic message, Ms. Harris crisscrossed Pennsylvania, which holds 19 electoral votes that could decide the race. Stopping in Scranton, Allentown and Pittsburgh before a nighttime rally in Philadelphia, Ms. Harris talked about bolstering the economy and restoring federal abortion rights. She asserted that Americans were “exhausted” and ready to move on from the politics of the past decade.About 30 miles to the southwest, Mr. Trump was in Reading, Pa., broadly portraying undocumented immigrants as mentally ill criminals and calling those accused of crimes “savages” and “animals.”Both leaned on Hispanic supporters as they tried to rally Latino voters. The pro-Harris rapper Fat Joe, who is Puerto Rican, practically shamed his fellow Latinos in Allentown as he asked, “Where’s your pride?” Mr. Trump, still facing fallout from his rally in New York at which a comedian called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage,” brought Roberto Clemente Jr., the son of the Puerto Rican baseball legend, to the stage at a rally in Pittsburgh.But Mr. Trump, reaching the end of a grueling marathon of a campaign that began in 2022, looked visibly weary, battling fatigue in front of listless crowds, though he was relatively more upbeat and energized in Michigan. Ms. Harris, still appearing fresh after a three-month sprint, appealed for unity and pressed the contrast to her rival without uttering his name.“The measure of a true leader is based not on who you beat down,” she said. “It is based on who you lift up.”Despite the sharply different tones, polls suggest the race remains tight, with the final New York Times/Siena College surveys showing the candidates tied or holding only narrow leads in all of the seven battleground states.

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