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Originally Posted by JPhillips
Since I was against that then, do I still get to be against it now?
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Of course not
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Btw, I'm sure no one has actually read the bill (well, aside from molson in his post above this one).
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Flag Protection Act of 2005 - Amends the federal criminal code to revise provisions regarding desecration of the flag to prohibit: (1) destroying or damaging a U.S. flag with the primary purpose and intent to incite or produce imminent violence or a breach of the peace; (2) intentionally threatening or intimidating any person, or group of persons, by burning a U.S. flag; or (3) stealing or knowingly converting the use of a U.S. flag belonging to the United States, or belonging to another person on U.S. lands, and intentionally destroying or damaging that flag.
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Attempt to ban the burning of the flag when it's purpose was for inciting violence or intimidation (or burning a US owned flag) - basically using the yelling fire in a crowded theater idea of some speech isn't constitutionally protected. Though, even there, I'm not sure I'd back this law.