the flag amendment

Burning an American flag has often been a source for debate and it has been proposed to make the practice illegal through an amendment. In order for this Flag Amendment to be considered, according to the U.S. Constitution, it must be proposed by two-thirds vote of each house of Congress or by the national convention called by Congress at the request of two-thirds of the state. To become part of the Constitution, the amendment …

…a symbol of freedom. The Flag Amendment portrays the desire to force control on the American people, by neglecting their freedom of speech and expression and thus threatens to turn the flag into a symbol of repression. Those who favor the proposed amendment say they do so in honor of the flag, but in proposing to unravel the First Amendment, they desecrate what the flag represents, and what millions of Americans have died to defend.