[Sub-Driver]

be nice to see the vote tally......

[KC Burke]

But, the Durbin amendment had that provision that if you used a flag as toilet paper after discrediting heroic efforts in the middle east and were a leftist, you could burn them by the dozen.

[MikeA]

What's the Democratic alternative? A constitutional amendment making flag burning mandatory?

[newzjunkey]

It also would prohibit unapproved demonstrations at military funerals.

Sounds like a "Fred Phelps" ammendment to me!

[rebelyell7]

yawn. wake me up when congress starts dealing with some of the real problems facing america.

[tobyhill]

All the Senators who voted against this ban will now have to explain to their constituents about their vote while a majority wanted the ban. The RATS are traitors and unpatriotic.

[the anti-liberal]

Perhaps I'm not up on my legalese, but how do they expect our courts or law enforcement to determine 'intent'?

"against the law to damage an American flag on federal land if the intent was a breach of the peace or intimidation of other people"

Seems like a recipe for disaster - enforcement will go one way or another way depending on the politics of the moment.

There's no concrete foundation here, this a pure waste of the Senate's time and money, and if passed it will be a pure waste of our court's time and money.

[dakine]

Such important things to do before election day...

[Young Scholar]

I don't support an ammendment banning the practice, but if someone's going to burn the flag, he should wrap himself in it first.

The furthest any ammendment should go is to allow the federal government to make laws banning flag burning, so the particular language of the ban is not fixed in the Constitution. I would oppose even this, but it would be far better than an ammendment banning the practice outright.

[Ace of Spades]

Thank God. We have better things to do.

I'm sick of people on *both* sides who think it's their right to not be offended.

[fedupjohn]

Democrats put forth an alternate that also was getting a vote. Sponsored by their party's assistant leader in the Senate, Dick Durbin of Illinois, it included much of the proposed amendment's language and would make it against the law to damage an American flag on federal land if the intent was a breach of the peace or intimidation of other people.

You got to be F@#king kidding, right. That moron actually said that?