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Originally Posted by pgardn
"Old Glory lost today," said Senator Bill Frist, the majority leader, who scheduled the debate and vote in the week before Congress broke for its Fourth of July recess.
Bill Frist now enters my list of bovine residue senators.
Give me a break. What a pile of crap.
Military folks correct me if I am wrong: You guys do not pledge allegiance to a flag, you pledge allegiance to the constitution, a set of ideas... correct?
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The flag burning issue is not a big deal with members of the service, primarily because you never really see it. There are a lot though that feel that if you are going to make it illegal to burn a cross or paint a swastika then you should make it illegal to burn a flag. I am not in that camp, but I understand it. Flag burning is a lot less about Republicans playing poltics though than most people think. Senators get a ton of mail from constituents wanting the amendment so they push it.
As for the Military Oath of Allegiance, it is not techically a pledge to the constitution, but a pledge to defend the constitution against all enemies foreign and domestic. There are a few annoying elitist liberals out there that take exception to the last line of the oath, but you don't find them signing up anyway, so nobody ever raises an objection to the "So Help Me God" line.