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Flag Burning - College Term Papers

Flag Burning

The effort to pass a Constitutional amendment is a perfect example of democracy at work. It is the majority in America exercising their right to rule, to demonstrate who is in charge here. The Constitution gives the right to peacefully protest an action of the nation. That is what we are doing. It does not give the right to violently protest the foundation of the nation. That is what the flag burners are doing. The freedom of expression in article one of the constitution has been abused by allowing flag burning.
In Elementary School, Middle School, and High School children have been taught every morning to stand up, place your right hand and hold it at the left shoulder, the hand ...

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decency, and to guarantee that there are some things that are even more important than individual self actualization. We have no national religion, nor do we have many coherent tangible symbols of our traditions of liberty under law, of liberty with responsibility. The flag may be the only such symbol we possess, and if we, as a community, do not have the right to preserve that symbol in a manner that expresses the responsibility and decency that are necessary for civility and popular sovereignty itself, then it is not likely that the goals for which our republic was founded will long endure.”
The flag stands for the United States. Which means FREEDOM, because we are a democracy. It also stands for the thousands of people who have fought for our country. It is because of our democracy that we have the Constitution. When you burn the flag, you are not just burning the flag, you are burning the United States, and everything it stands for. You are burning the ...

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Added: 6/27/2004 06:23:39 PM
Category: Government
Type: Premium Paper
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