Burning The Flag
Should you be allowed to burn the flag?
People can burn the flag for many different reasons. Some of the reasons can be protesting against the country, symbolically insulting someone, or protest against nationalism. Burning the flag to many people see it as disrespect to the people of our nation, our military and our government. Burning the flag is not illegal to do. There are laws that if you set a fire without a permit can give you a misdemeanor though. There was an incident where a man, Gregory Lee Johnson burned the flag in Dalla, Texas. He burned the flag in protest of the president, Ronald Reagan’s policies. Johnson argued that what he did was protected by symbolic speech. Symbolic speech is protected by the first amendment. Johnson was sentenced 1 year in jail and a 2,000 dollar fine. Burning the flag should not be illegal because everyone has different beliefs in everything and everyone expresses themselves in different ways. now , president Trump is all in for making an amendment for burning the flag. He says that he would put anyone in jail for burning the American flag.
Works Cited
- “Facts And Case Summary – Texas V. Johnson.” United States Courts. N. p., 2019. Web. 24 Sept. 2019.
- Explore.proquest.com. N. p., 2019. Web. 24 Sept. 2019.
- “Cons.” Flag burning. N. p., 2019. Web. 1 Oct. 2019.
- https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/06/15/no-brainer-trump-tweets-support-amendment-banning-flag-burning/
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