State Flag Burning Law

6/17/2007

Many residents have sent petitions into the Governor for some type of law protecting the flag against desecration. The Governor took no action on this issue and a bill died in the State Senate last year calling for the ban on burning the flag. “I hope this new legislature will take up this fight and protect the flag. It is a symbol of our freedom and our country. These people who desecrated it can leave anytime they want to”, stated one petitioner for the law. Many in the Senate voted against the bill saying, “If we pass any such law the courts will likely overturn it on the freedom of speech”? Many veteran organizations have put new life into the drive for the new legislature and Governor to take action. “This is exactly why we

elect them to make laws. This issue is a must and we demand they do something about it”, said one veteran. Boys State would be the first state to enact such a law prohibiting the burning of the flag. “It is an issue of free speech and you can not take this from us. The very thing this flag stands for you are trying to limit”, stated one opponent of any such law.