They can buy a flag, but they don't own it. If they didn't serve or stand at attention when the athem was played, put their hand over their heart, and shed a tear...they own nothing and for all intents and purposes should pack their bags and leave either south or North as far as the train or packmule will take them.
The flag and the Constitution are one and the same.......this is the reality. Buy and Burn a Flag in Texas and see if you own it....:) Hope you have health insurance.
"They can buy a flag, but they don't own it."
Maybe they don't necessarily *own it in their hearts*, but they do own it physically.
"The flag and the Constitution are one and the same.......this is the reality."
No, they really aren't, and that's the point. Men and women have not died defending flags, but defending what the flag stands for: The Constitution. And not the physical form of the Constitution, but the ideas contained within. The Constitution is the IDEAS, not the parchment. In the same way, the American Flag is the IDEA of freedom, not the material used to construct any particular flag. No protester COULD burn the idea of freedom.
The American Flag needs no protection; it can't be touched by the hands of people.
"Buy and Burn a Flag in Texas and see if you own it....:)"
In most areas it would be unwise, but I bet you could get away with it on Congress Ave in downtown Austin.