Unfortunately, I agree. And Jerry Solomon, who wanted this, was one of my dad's best friends.
Doesn't speech mean anything? I mean I can't go up to someone and say "I'm going to straight up murder your ass" without getting in trouble.
What I'm trying to say is that if people want to burn the flag let them. There should be consequences though. Consequences such as revoking their citizenship. If someone wants to burn the flag, don't let them vote, hold a government job, or get any federal aid for at least 4 years. Then they get an opportunity to apply for citizenship.
The anti-war, hate-America crowd argues that burning the United States flag is merely free speech,"
Unfortunately, I agree. And Jerry Solomon, who wanted this, was one of my dad's best friends.
I think amendments should only be used for extreme measures and lately we have been "changing" the constitution like crazy or at least we want too. I think we need to really think about changing the constitution before we actually do it. I think it is a noble cause, but freedom of speech is far too important. Why not just make a general law that you can't destruct a flag. Easy. Done. Next issue. lol. I know it is not that easy...