I think we should call these people and write them and make sure they have considered all the ways in which the flag can be desecrated. Have the really considered all the people who should and could be punished for desecration? For instance if you don't burn it, but 15 men throw it on the ground and urinate on it in public, would that be okay? If not, then would it be okay to wear it as a jacket and then sit on the ground at a football game?
If is okay for Bush to autograph one of the cheap little flags stapled to a stick that they sell at Walmart, it is okay if thousands of people show up in DC and burn those same flags in a protest against war?
Below is the list of cosponsors. Let's give them a call and make sure they have really thought this through.
Here is the link to contact your senators..
There have been several dairies on this topic and some terrific suggestions as to what the Senate may be failing to consider....
http://www.dailykos.com/...
Sen Alexander, Lamar [TN] - 4/14/2005
Sen Allard, Wayne [CO] - 4/14/2005
Sen Allen, George [VA] - 4/14/2005
Sen Baucus, Max [MT] - 4/14/2005
Sen Bond, Christopher S. [MO] - 4/14/2005
Sen Brownback, Sam [KS] - 4/14/2005
Sen Bunning, Jim [KY] - 4/14/2005
Sen Burns, Conrad R. [MT] - 4/14/2005
Sen Burr, Richard [NC] - 4/14/2005
Sen Chambliss, Saxby [GA] - 4/14/2005
Sen Coburn, Tom [OK] - 4/14/2005
Sen Cochran, Thad [MS] - 7/11/2005
Sen Coleman, Norm [MN] - 4/14/2005
Sen Collins, Susan M. [ME] - 4/14/2005
Sen Cornyn, John [TX] - 4/14/2005
Sen Craig, Larry E. [ID] - 4/14/2005
Sen Crapo, Mike [ID] - 4/14/2005
Sen Dayton, Mark [MN] - 6/28/2005
Sen DeMint, Jim [SC] - 4/14/2005
Sen DeWine, Mike [OH] - 4/14/2005
Sen Dole, Elizabeth [NC] - 4/14/2005
Sen Domenici, Pete V. [NM] - 4/14/2005
Sen Ensign, John [NV] - 4/14/2005
Sen Enzi, Michael B. [WY] - 4/14/2005
Sen Feinstein, Dianne [CA] - 4/14/2005
Sen Frist, William H. [TN] - 4/14/2005
Sen Graham, Lindsey [SC] - 4/14/2005
Sen Grassley, Chuck [IA] - 4/14/2005
Sen Gregg, Judd [NH] - 4/14/2005
Sen Hagel, Chuck [NE] - 4/14/2005
Sen Hutchison, Kay Bailey [TX] - 4/14/2005
Sen Inhofe, James M. [OK] - 4/14/2005
Sen Isakson, Johnny [GA] - 6/6/2005
Sen Johnson, Tim [SD] - 4/14/2005
Sen Kyl, Jon [AZ] - 4/14/2005
Sen Landrieu, Mary L. [LA] - 6/12/2006
Sen Lincoln, Blanche L. [AR] - 4/14/2005
Sen Lott, Trent [MS] - 4/14/2005
Sen Lugar, Richard G. [IN] - 4/14/2005
Sen Martinez, Mel [FL] - 4/14/2005
Sen McCain, John [AZ] - 4/14/2005
Sen Murkowski, Lisa [AK] - 6/7/2005
Sen Nelson, E. Benjamin [NE] - 4/14/2005
Sen Roberts, Pat [KS] - 4/14/2005
Sen Rockefeller, John D., IV [WV] - 5/22/2006
Sen Salazar, Ken [CO] - 6/23/2005
Sen Santorum, Rick [PA] - 4/14/2005
Sen Sessions, Jeff [AL] - 4/14/2005
Sen Shelby, Richard C. [AL] - 4/14/2005
Sen Snowe, Olympia J. [ME] - 4/14/2005
Sen Specter, Arlen [PA] - 4/14/2005
Sen Stevens, Ted [AK] - 4/14/2005
Sen Sununu, John E. [NH] - 5/19/2005
Sen Talent, Jim [MO] - 4/14/2005
Sen Thomas, Craig [WY] - 4/14/2005
Sen Thune, John [SD] - 4/14/2005
Sen Vitter, David [LA] - 4/14/2005
Sen Voinovich, George V. [OH] - 6/23/2005
Sen Warner, John [VA] - 4/14/2005