I haven't see any liberals proposing that but I am still amazed that the SCOTUS declared that burning a cross is NOT protected free speech but burning a flag is. I assume that was another result of Justice O ‘Conner's flip a coin decisions.
In all honesty, I believe the cross burning issue will always be determined by who does it where. If a KKK member burns a cross on a black family’s lawn it will not be protected. If a liberal burns a cross anywhere other than on a black family’s lawn, it will be protected. Heck, it will probably be cheered by the same people who will say no to burning a Koran.
A quick correction; I said, “.......the right of a minority (or even the majority)”. I should have used ‘sensibilities’ in lieu of the word ‘rights’.
The rationale, a not unreasonable one, is that cross-burning is not just the burning of the cross, it is historically and practically a threat of extreme violence. It was the threat which was ruled unprotected, not the burning of the two pieces of wood.
The burning of a flag carries no such history of a threat of violence, except possibly to those doing the burning. :)
Yeah, but they didn’t do that out of respect for the cross, but out of “sensitivity” to our “diverse” population.