Your First Amendment rights are extremely close to being violated by none other than the United States Congress. I refer to the Flag Desecration Bill that, if passed, would do irreparable damage to our right to free speech and undermine the very priniciples for which the American flag stands. Fortunately, West Virginians have an ally in Sen. Robert C. Byrd. Sen. Byrd, who previously favored the bill, now fights to protect our rights by stopping the passage of this bill. I applaud his stand and want
Burning the American Flag The American flag consists of thirteen horizontal stripes, with seven red stripes alternating among six white. In the upper left corner there is a rectangular blue space that contains fifty white stars. The thirteen stripes symbolize the thirteen original colonies of the United states of America and the stars represent the fifty states of the Union. White is said to symbolize purity and innocence. Red symbolizes strength and courage, and blue symbolizes vigilance, perseverance
when some American citizens burn the nation’s flag to express their disagreement to the government. The act of burning the American Flag should be constitutionally protected under the First Amendment’s Free Speech Clause because the act is a symbolic expression that communicates an individual’s idea or opinion about his nation; and that
The thought of the flag burning in my head makes me wonder what would make someone come to such an action. The reasons I believe that the burning of the flag is freedom of speech, it’s to show ones anger against the government and its actions toward the public and to the American citizens. Protecting the flag from Desecration is against free speech. The flag its self represents are right to freedom and to the pursuit happiness. There for burning the flags is in its self a sign that one’s freedom
North Carolina who stepped on the flag during a lesson? How would that make you feel? Flag burning should not be allowed because it is disrespectful to our country, should be against the law, and there are many other types of free speech people can use to express their opinion. First of all, flag burning is disrespectful to our country. People who fought for our country and provide us with what we have today should not be disrespected by people burning the flag. In Item B it says, “We are tempted
Is Burning the American Flag Freedom of Speech? Many people believe that the American flag represents the pride they have in their country. Anyone who was to damage the flag is often seen as “un-patriotic” or even as a “terrorist”. That, however, is simply untrue. Burning the American flag is one of the greatest patriotic acts a person can do. Censorship has been a big topic in America since the birth of its modern government. There are things that go on around the world that the media would never
The United States Flag is symbol of patriotism for America. The United State Flag Code is supposed to protect the U.S. flag from any wrongdoing. U.S citizens have a right to protest. Some protests lead to violence, because of violence some U.S. citizens do drastic such as burning the nation flag. They most likely believe that it is ok because they have a right to protests and there is no amendment to protect the flag. So they must think it is legal. Burning the flag can be considered a crime. The
Have you ever seen someone burn the American Flag? I'm writing my research paper of The Burning of the American Flag! I’m writing this to prove to people that it is wrong I have 3 reasons why it’s wrong. My first and obvious reason is that it's dangerous. My second reason is because it’s very unpatriotic! My third and final reason is the people that are burning the flag have no military experience. Burning the flag or burning anything is dangerous. First off you have to have a permit to burn anything
all of the evidence you have to disprove the other person argument that they have against yours. If you can present these elements it will show your level of research and intelligence about the subject that is in question. The essay on “Should Flag Burning be Legal” in this week’s post is trying to make the argument that the First Amendment
our friends will ever be. This is why we all need to stand up to our nation's bullies, the flag burners, and those who kneel during the National Anthem. Whoever takes part in these actions need to be arrested and put in jail for 3 years. People burn the American Flag or kneel for the National Anthem never have gotten the military experience veterans have. Many people have been disrespecting our American flag to protest. It is an unfair way to protest because many men and women have fought hard, left