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n. the act of burning a flag, especially the flag of a nation as an act of protest at that nation's activities
Usage examples of "flag-burning".
One former president, Roberta Ramo, said the flag-burning amendment proved Congress had "lost sight of the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights as our nation's lodestar and our soul.
Bushnell said Senator Bob Dole's support for the flag-burning amendment had compromised his "decency as an individual" - proving that it's still okay to vilify a disabled American combat veteran who actually did sustain his injuries on the field of battle.
The flag-burning controversy, still raging in 1993, first heated up in the summer of 1989 after the Supreme Court upheld the First Amendment rights of a Texas man, Gregory Johnson, who had been convicted of breaking a state law by burning the flag.
Ashcroft’s “theological” divisiveness consisted of his opposition to abortion, support for the death penalty, and—most intriguingly—his support for school vouchers and a flag-burning amendment.