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Monday, June 26, 2006 12:00 AM

Capture the flag

Republicans are pushing an absurd flag-burning amendment. Will their mom 'n' apple pie ploy torch the Democrats?
By Michael Scherer

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  • Tuesday, June 27, 2006 12:14 PM

    Flag burning vs. cross burning

    The Republican leadership of the House and Senate have put a great amount of effort into publicizing an attempt to amend the US Constitution to prohibit flag burning. The most recent statistics show that there were four flag burning incidents in the US last year.

    The Southern Poverty Law Center estimates that a cross is burned somewhere in the US on an average of once a week.

    When the Republicans put thirteen times the effort into banning such acts as burning crosses, we can then believe them sincere in their efforts.

    —Alan Lloyd Read Alan Lloyd's other letters

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