Decius wrote:
] ] Amendment supporters contend the flag deserves special
] ] protection as an important national symbol, while
] ] opponents, including Kerry, have argued that flag
] ] desecration can be punished under criminal statutes
] ] without tampering with the Constitution.
]
] In other words, no one is interested in the idea that flag
] desecration is protected speech.
]
] ] The flag proposal, which would empower Congress to
] ] ban desecration of the U.S. flag, would be the second
] ] GOP-sponsored constitutional amendment to come to a vote
] ] in the Senate this year.
]
] Except this one has passed the house, and has support from all
] 50 state legislatures. We are literally within a handful of
] Senate votes of flushing the first amendment down the toilet.
]
]
] Think about it this way. These same people who don't have the
] basic intellectual capacity to parse their way through the
] implications of a flag amendment are making all of the
] important decisions concerning our foreign policy in the
] middle east, decisions which if made incorrectly will easily
] plunge the entire world into total war.
]
] To me this is amendment is a symbol. It symbolizes the fact
] that our society does not know right from wrong. It we can
] pass it, we can do anything.

This is an excellent point. Unfortunately we as a society are on a very slippery slope. By the time people sit up and take notice this will have snowballed into a huge problem.

RE: Kerry, Edwards and Daschle May Face Vote on Flag (washingtonpost.com)