Flag burning

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* Plank about flag burning from Mark Rauterkus
==Links==
* Funeral protests
===Blogs===
* http://2politicaljunkies.blogspot.com/2006/06/flag-burning-huh.html
===Editorials===
* Editorial: Flag waving / Senate plays political games with Old Glory from June 29, 2006, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette -- In some future era, historians may look back in disbelief at what Congress was doing at a time when the nation was beset by unaddressed problems. They may note with incredulity the political posturing that went into such efforts to ban gay marriage and protect the flag from desecration.
* Flag Burning Redux Editorial in the Washington Post from June, 2006. -- If this is an election year, it must be time to amend the Constitution.
:WITH CONGRESSIONAL elections coming, the Republican leadership has found a pivotal issue. Terrorism? Hardly. Entitlement reform? Don't be silly. We're talking about the grave threat to America known as flag burning. Yes, that election-year favorite is back: the proposed amendment to the Constitution of the United States allowing Congress to criminally punish the 'physical desecration' of the American national banner. If you haven't noticed a rash of flag-burning incidents sweeping the nation that's because, well, there isn't one. But that doesn't stop Republicans from trotting it out as a more-patriotic-than-thou card."
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