To desecrate or not to desecrate the flag?
In the beginning of a developing country, America, our founding fathers created a symbolic symbol of our great and powerful nation, and in this symbol they put all their nations pride and devotion into a flag. From city to city, and house to house, you can observe the patriotism and the love for their country on their front porches by the hanging of the flag. How important is it to protect the icon of our country? The issue of flag burning asks America just that question: Should America tolerate or condemn it?
Flag burning does seem to be the ultimate act of symbolic protest used to express dissension against the American Government. There is simply no questioning the fact that flag burning offends people, but the controversy of flag burning tests the dominion of the First Amendment to the Constitution. The First Amendment states very simply, "Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press."
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English: The Bill of Rights, the first ten amendme...The U.S. Supreme Court has repeatedly rules in favor of the constitutionality of flag burning, but politicians have tried endlessly to change the law. The only way that flag burning will become illegal is through an amendment to the Constitution. Many politicians have pursed to implement an amendment to the Constitution called "The Flag Desecration Amendment". The main argument for the Flag Desecration Amendment is that the American flag is not just another piece of cloth. The flag is proclaimed by supporters to be to be a venerated object worthy of legal protection. What many people don't know is the history of the American flag played no significant role in American life until the Civil War. It was displayed only on federal government buildings, forts, and American ships at sea.