And, (prepare to be horrified) I couldn't possibly care less if somebody somewhere burns a American flag they've purchased and that they own, in an area where public burning isn't prohibited, or on their own property. I'd prefer that they didn't - that's why I'm against the amendment, because nothing will do more to cause flag burnings in this country than it being prohibited.
Then your against the amendment for a whole host of weak reasons including that bogus argument foisted by the left that it's a "free speech" issue.
I was for the amendment because it legitimately would have turned the issue over to the states and each state would have decided whether flag burning was right or wrong.
This amendment had nothing to do with free speech rights.
The Supreme Court in 1989 unconstitutionally denied states the right to decide for themselves and made it a federal issue. This amendment sought to put this issue back on it's proper course.
This is a states rights issue. Much like the abortion issue, and the gay marriage issue.
Whether the flag burning was legal or not, your right to free speech would not have been tampered or done away with.
If someone is burning a flag, then they don't belong here.
But, if you want to make this a free speech issue, in my opinion flag burning is hate speech, and hate speech is not protected speech.