Who's taking names on the "no" votes?
Didn't this fail by one vote in the Senate *yesterday*?
Imprisoning dissenters is not patriotic.
It's just moronic.
1) There's no flag desecration problem in this country I can see. In case you don't know, this will do nothing to stop it in Pakistan or Iran.
2) It's going to cause more flag descration here than you could possibly imagine - as well as contributing to clogging up the legal system with people that have burned 49 star or 12 stripe flags, etc.
Dopey notion.
I liked his national concealed carry bill better. This is just silly, and cuts against all principles of free expression.
Out flag can handle the occasional insult.
Allen-Rice in '08
Or
Allen-Coleman in '08
Either way would be good.
Well I have an idea that one of our senators should purpose, if they have the guts to do so:
"If your so upset the way the country is running, and you don't like the government, then lets burn the senators and represenatives instead and keep Old Glory flying high."
Meanwhile, a thousand illegal aliens are making their way across our deserts.
If folks want to live in the European Union with their telephone book sized constitution, it's right across the pond. Otherwise, let's try not to fill it up with useless crud, or do you want some court someday to decide that the United Nations flag is also protected as well, based upon this amendment.
It's patriotic to despise flag burners. It's unpatriotic to deny them the right to free speech. BTW, I don't recall seeing many Freepers complaining during the Terri Schiavo protests....when US flags were defaced.