The Congress of the United States attempted yesterday, to squash an aspect of one of your BASIC freedoms, speech.

Fortunately for this country, enough of them stood against the Constitutional Amendment banning the burning of the American Flag to kill it. The attempt to kill freedom was squashed by ONE vote.

Can someone explain how burning a flag should be illegal? If I stand up on a stage and scream to the heavens that I disagree with the government, I have an army of people who would stand behind me and support my right to say what I have to say. Yet, let’s say that rather than using words to shout my disagreement, I decide to burn a flag… I’m now supposed to go to jail for my dissent. It’s the SAME action folks, there is NOTHING different here, one just happens to use a flame.

Why do your senators keep pushing for these things? Because they see polls that say that we the public have lost touch with our appreciation of freedom, therefore the idea of banning free speech is a popular one. Think of it more along the lines of a ‘partial repeal of the 1st Amendment’, it should sit better with your conscience.

Yes votes to kill freedom of speech:
Lisa Murkowski (R-AK)
Ted Stevens (R-AK)
Jeff Sessions (R-AL)
Richard Shelby (R-AL)
Blanche Lincoln (D-AR)
Jon Kyl (R-AZ)
John McCain (R-AZ)
Dianne Feinstein (D-CA)
Wayne Allard (R-CO)
Ken Salazar (D-CO)
Mel Martinez (R-FL)
Bill Nelson (D-FL)
Saxby Chambliss (R-GA)
Johnny Isakson (R-GA)
Charles Grassley (R-IA)
Larry Craig (R-ID)
Mike Crapo (R-ID)
Evan Bayh (D-IN)
Richard Lugar (R-IN)
Sam Brownback (R-KS)
Pat Roberts (R-KS)
Jim Bunning (R-KY)
Mary Landrieu (D-LA)
David Vitter (R-LA)
Susan Collins (R-ME)
Olympia Snowe (R-ME)
Debbie Stabenow (D-MI)
Norm Coleman (R-MN)
Mark Dayton (D-MN)
Christopher Bond (R-MO)
Jim Talent (R-MO)
Thad Cochran (R-MS)
Trent Lott (R-MS)
Max Baucus (D-MT)
Conrad Burns (R-MT)
Richard Burr (R-NC)
Elizabeth Dole (R-NC)
Chuck Hagel (R-NE)
Ben Nelson (D-NE)
Judd Gregg (R-NH)
John Sununu (R-NH)
Robert Menendez (D-NJ)
Pete Domenici (R-NM)
John Ensign (R-NV)
Harry Reid (D-NV)
Mike DeWine (R-OH)
George Voinovich (R-OH)
Tom Coburn (R-OK)
James Inhofe (R-OK)
Gordon Smith (R-OR)
Rick Santorum (R-PA)
Arlen Specter (R-PA)
Jim DeMint (R-SC)
Lindsey Graham (R-SC)
Tim Johnson (D-SD)
John Thune (R-SD)
Lamar Alexander (R-TN)
Bill Frist (R-TN)
John Cornyn (R-TX)
Kay Bailey Hutchison (R-TX)
Orrin Hatch (R-UT)
George Allen (R-VA)
John Warner (R-VA)
John Rockefeller (D-WV)
Michael Enzi (R-WY)
Craig Thomas (R-WY)

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