No, we don't need such an amendment. It would be anti-thetical to the Bill of Rights. Like it or not, the right of free speech in this country means protecting the speech you hate, not just the speech you like.

No, a federal law wouldn't work. The Supreme Court ruled in 1989 that flag burning is protected free speech, hence the recurring proposals for a Constitutional Amendment.

I was disgusted to learn that Brian Baird has voted 4 times in favor of this amendment, probably pandering to his ignorant hillbilly constituents in SW WA. And Adams voted for it this time because Ft. Lewis and McChord are in his district. Again pandering to ignorance and emotion. I understood Americans fought to preserve freedom, not restrict it.

That hypocritc Republicans support it doesn't surprise me. They've always been 100% behind freedom, as long as it's the freedom they exclusively approve of.

Sincerely,

Salmo g.