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In reply to the discussion: Enough about Hillary's negatives [View all]wyldwolf
(43,891 posts)He said, "The first bill she co sponsored when becoming senator was the flag burning amendment."
1. It wasn't an constitutional amendment. Clinton was on record numerous times as being against a constitutional amendment on flag burning
2. The legislation to criminalize flag burning was in 2005 - so it was FAR from the first bill she co-sponsored. The tenets of that bill were this: it would be a crime to destroy a flag on federal property (one on display there, not your personal flag), intimidate anyone by burning a flag or burning someone else's flag. I'd vote for that. A flag is my personal property so if you destroyed it, how would that be different than destroying my car? How would burning a flag on federal property be different than destroying a statue? And why would it be ok to burn a flag to intimidate me?