It's a private property matter. If someone buys a flag, they have the right to do with it what they want.
Flag burners are weasels. I do not mind if they burn the flag, as long as they stay wrapped in it when they light the match.
I've never met a true patriot that has burned the flag. This kind of liberal doublespeak proves that the First Amendment is the FIRST refuge of a scoundrel!
I don't think it's possible to even define flag desecration as a constitutional amendment without making an amendment longer than the European constitution.
Flag etiquette strikes me as folkways rather than mores. I was at Mount Rushmore yesterday and stopped into the tourist trap (gift shop). There were several methods they used in that store to violate flag etiquette that simply jumped off of the shelves at me, and that is a U.S. Government operation. The worst insult I saw was a set of U.S. flag coasters. It was utterly disgusting. Who are we to put in prison for such idiocy? I think George Bush is the Chairman of that board of directors.
I don't think you can criminalize bad manners.
If I wrap my flag around a white cross, is it still okay to burn it? strictly hypothetical, but, if it is okay to burn stuff to express oneself, is it still okay to burn stuff to express oneself?
I encourage leftists who want to burn a flag to do so.
Sooner or later, one of them will catch himself on fire.
Burning the UN flag could be a handy "Benchmark" as to what flag burning is Okeydokey, right. Just museing.
This guy is a horse's ass. He should be more concerned about the slow burning of our constitution that has occurred ever since Marbury vs. Madison.
I remember an old time professor saying that you don't get the bill of rights so you can eliminate the bill of rights.
As an ultra pro-american veteran I believe in one's right to protest. I ask you, suppose another eight years of Clinton, the continuation of a ultra lib Supreme Court taking away private property, slaughter of babies,taking away gun rights etc. I have never burned an American flag but I can see the day when one can't be blamed for doing so. Even the patriot act which is allowing searches without a warrant is going to far. Yeah if I burn a flag it will be to protest that the greatest nation in the world is going down the toilet because of leftist socialist politicians, ie the likes of Pelosi, Schumer, Reid et al. Happy 4th of July!!