Posted on 10/14/2009 6:09:14 PM PDT by RobinMasters
At least 20 American flags with the stars removed from the blue field and President Barack Obama's face inserted are still available on numerous eBay auctions – but, according to a state code, the listings may violate the law.
WND found three auctions for dozens of defaced flags on the auction site – all located in the state of Washington and within one hour of one another: Castle Rock, Vancouver and Longview.
The listings were posted by ucandoit45, mekaitlyn-2008 and jaysterd.
The U.S. flag code does not specify penalties for desecration or misuse of the United States flag, but each state has its own laws for such issues. According to the Revised Code of Washington, the eBay items located in Washington may constitute improper use of an American flag:
RCW 9.86.020 Improper use of flag prohibited.
No person shall, in any manner, for exhibition or display:
(1) Place or cause to be placed any word, figure, mark, picture, design, drawing or advertisement of any nature upon any flag, standard, color, ensign or shield of the United States or of this state, or authorized by any law of the United States or of this state; or
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Ping.
it should be....
It may be illegal but its not illegal enough to worry about. I see flags with Elvis, Harley Davison, Bart Simpson, and NASCAR stars on them.
Thanks for the heads up. But, more importantly, what are YOU going to do about it??
It ain’t an American flag if it isn’t THE American flag....
An apartment complex in Portland Oregon prohibited the flying of any flag in their complex (see numerous FR postings), I wonder what would happen if someone hung one of the obamanation flags there? I bet their heads would explode, they wouldn’t know what to do!
That sounds a lot worse than burning a flag.
Me too. My Gadsden flag was bought from a vendor that was also selling American Flags with Marijuana Leaves on them.
Boycott the sellers.
Well, I’ve had it with the Native American image crap on US flags and other disgraceful things I’ve seen including the hippie chicken print. Illegal? Perhaps. Immoral (for an American), definitely.
Someone put The Joker on the flag.
We just have to hold him off for one more year, retake the House and Senate.
I think Obamah is more 'Change' than moderates and the uninformed expected.
I'm beginning Liz Cheney, along with Sarah Palin, is the one to "Take Back America!".
Perhaps not illegal, but for sure disgusting.
Flying it upside down, right under a Gadsden, might make an appropriate statement.
Stripes with a starless blue canton wouldn’t seem to constitute a US flag. So, neither would showing a Bummer image on top of said canton.
http://www.senate.gov/reference/resources/pdf/RL30243.pdf
Dated April 2008.
ANYTHING with Big Ears face on it should be illegal!
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