Agnosticism / Atheism: Flag Burning: What is Desecration? Is the American Flag a Sacred Object?

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Flag Burning: What is Desecration? Is the American Flag a Sacred Object? Jul 27th 2011, 15:00 It's common to find politicians - both Democrats and Republicans - exploiting people's feelings about the American flag by advocating laws that would ban burning the flag. Instead of just limiting their attacks on flag burning, which is already invalid, many politicians go further and attack 'desecration' of the flag generally. Laws against desecrating the flag are meaningless, though, unless it's clear what we mean by 'desecration' in the first place. Read Article: What is Desecration? Is the American Flag a Sacred Object?

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