Roanoke Times Copyright (c) 1995, Landmark Communications, Inc. DATE: TUESDAY, June 26, 1990 TAG: 9006260421 SECTION: EDITORIAL PAGE: A6 EDITION: METRO SOURCE: DATELINE: LENGTH: Short
Then what is to stop a person from using this amendment to influence other issues not directly related to flag desecration? If a person wished to save a condemned building from being destroyed, he or she would merely have to affix a flag to the building. I believe a resourceful person could use a law like this to gain his own purpose.
I would never wish to burn or otherwise desecrate the American flag. But I contend that by debating this whole issue at length, politicians are taking advantage of loyal Americans' sense of patriotism at the expense of more relevant issues.
\ ANN B. ANDERSON\ CHRISTIANSBURG
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