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Old 01-13-2004, 01:06 PM   #16 (permalink)
sipsake
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Originally posted by onetime2
Should the right to display a flag not be defended just as enthusiastically as the right to burn one?
While I may not always agree with the ACLU and what they choose to defend or not defend, I do consider them to be an important and worthy organization and one that I will continue to support.

I know of at least 2 cases where the ACLU has defended an individuals right to fly a flag. I'm not aware of a case where they've not supported an individuals right to fly a flag. I'm not saying they haven't, I'm just not aware of one.

As for flag burning...the ACLU may have defended the practice, but it was the courts that ultimately decided that flag-burning was a protected form of free speech.
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