Church plans to burn the Quran on Sept. 11

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DrStephenTColbert said:

badgenome said:

DrStephenTColbert said:

Technically, everyone is right.  While the Supreme Court ruled (in the 70's I think) that burning the American flag was constitutionally protected, congress passed a law a couple of years ago (I'm thinking 2006) making the burning of the American flag illegal.  Funny thing is that the Flag Code states that any flag that is no longer fit should be destroyed by fire, as flags aren't supposed to end up at the town dump.

No, sir. The Supreme Court struck down all anti flag burning legislation in 1989, and again 1990. In 2006, there was an attempt to override the Supreme Court by amending the Constitution, but it failed in the Senate.

Thanks for the clarification man.  I appreciate it.

It only failed by one or two votes, IIRC, so you were close!