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Freep Poll (Flag burning)
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Posted on 07/14/2006 6:43:34 AM PDT by Tribune7
Should legislatures be allowed to outlaw flag burning?
No. Flag burning is protected free speech!
Yes. If burning my leaves on my property is not protected free speech then burning my flag on a public sidewalk certainly is not.
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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Philosophy; US: Pennsylvania
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posted on
07/14/2006 6:43:35 AM PDT
by
Tribune7
To: Temple Owl
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posted on
07/14/2006 6:43:47 AM PDT
by
Tribune7
To: dynachrome
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posted on
07/14/2006 6:44:01 AM PDT
by
Tribune7
To: Owl_Eagle; brityank; Physicist; WhyisaTexasgirlinPA; GOPJ; abner; baseballmom; Mo1; Ciexyz; ...
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posted on
07/14/2006 6:44:23 AM PDT
by
Tribune7
To: Tribune7
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posted on
07/14/2006 6:45:18 AM PDT
by
MplsSteve
To: Tribune7
To: dynachrome
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posted on
07/14/2006 6:45:49 AM PDT
by
MplsSteve
To: YellowRoseofTx
Should legislatures be allowed to outlaw flag burning?
No. Flag burning is protected free speech!
46.2% Yes. If burning my leaves on my property is not protected free speech then burning my flag on a public sidewalk certainly is not.
53.8%
votes: 26
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posted on
07/14/2006 6:46:19 AM PDT
by
Rick.Donaldson
(Never Forget the Starvation of Terri Schiavo - Liberal Loonies murdered her.)
To: Tribune7
Imagine what libs would demand if someone staged a burning of the rainbow flag?
Categorize all flag burning as hate speech.
Or drop all references to "hate speech" and make all speech free and all flags equally burnable.
9
posted on
07/14/2006 6:50:11 AM PDT
by
silverleaf
(Fasten your seat belts- it's going to be a BUMPY ride.)
To: Tribune7
done--odd wording on the yes.
10
posted on
07/14/2006 6:53:21 AM PDT
by
GOP Poet
To: Tribune7
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posted on
07/14/2006 7:02:00 AM PDT
by
Mrs. Shawnlaw
(No NAIS! And the USDA can bugger off, too!)
To: Tribune7
How does burning leaves have anything to do with free speech?
12
posted on
07/14/2006 7:04:09 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
To: Tribune7
I voted no ... this is a waste of time, if someone wants to burn our flag, go ahead, doesn't bother me none... just don't do it in front of me if you know whats good for your physical health.
To: stuartcr
It's a protest against the law/rule/regulation against the burning of leaves! Besides the burning of oak leaves might offend the neighborhood druid or two.
:)
JFaron
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posted on
07/14/2006 7:32:58 AM PDT
by
JFaron
(What price the loss of our sovereignty?)
To: JFaron
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posted on
07/14/2006 7:36:26 AM PDT
by
stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
To: Tribune7
IMHO, Flag burning should be considered hate speech. If I can't go to a gay-rights rally or NOI rally with a bullhorn and voice my opposition without fear of arrest, then this is a no-brainer.
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posted on
07/14/2006 7:39:36 AM PDT
by
AbeKrieger
(A country without secure borders will not long be a country.)
To: Tribune7
I voted no, unless the burning of flags in general is otherwise prohibited by law. In other words, I am NOT in favor of protecting any symbol from being burned. Think about it, this is one of the dumber things that conservatives get into, its simply silly an primitive, something you'd see in the third world, or in Muslim countries.
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posted on
07/14/2006 7:39:56 AM PDT
by
Paradox
(Removing all Doubt since 1998!)
To: stuartcr
How does burning leaves have anything to do with free speech? It has as much to do with free speech as well, burning . . . .
18
posted on
07/14/2006 12:03:25 PM PDT
by
Tribune7
To: Tribune7
I figured burning a flag is a form of protest, while burning leaves was a form of trash elimination.
19
posted on
07/14/2006 12:44:25 PM PDT
by
stuartcr
(Everything happens as God wants it to.....otherwise, things would be different.)
To: Paradox
Exactly.
I also think that it should not be a crime if you put out the flames of a burning American flag with the bloody and bruised body of the POS who was burning it.
But he does have, and should have, the right to burn the flag if it is his property.
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posted on
07/14/2006 1:10:42 PM PDT
by
Badray
(CFR my ass. There's not too much money in politics. There's too much money in government hands.)
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