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Should it be illegal to burn our national flag?

Should it be illegal to burn the Canadian flag?

Flag desecration is any act that is carried out with the intention of damaging or destroying a national flag in public. This is commonly done in an effort to make a political statement against a nation or its policies. Some nations have acts that ban flag desecration while others have laws that protect the right to destroy a flag as a part of free speech. Some of these laws distinguish between a national flag and those of other countries.

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 @8TX7JTCConservativefrom Ontario  answered…4yrs4Y

It should be treated as treason to burn the Canadian flag in Canada, and a ban on burning other national flags out of respect

 @8ZX3GXZConservativefrom Ontario  answered…3yrs3Y

No, police have more important things to do than arrest flag burners.

 @8QZL5HTConservativefrom Alberta  answered…4yrs4Y

Yes, it should be illegal. Don't burn anything period.

 @8L3W9MQ from Illinois  answered…4yrs4Y

Only if it touches the ground you take it to be burned.

 @8PRLV4X from Minnesota  answered…4yrs4Y

yes, it should be illegal to burn the American flag, unless you are retiring it.

 @3RTRQGHanswered…5yrs5Y

Not as long as the flag being burned is owned by the person burning it.

 @8S6JHGR from Illinois  answered…4yrs4Y

yes it should be 100% this is AMERICA

  @michaelconnely from Nebraska  answered…3yrs3Y

If you burn the American flag, you should get a free airplane ticket to another country where you can become a citizen.

 @8WBJLGZ from Connecticut  answered…3yrs3Y

no because if a flag gets ripped or something it should be properly retired and burned.

 @8WC3QKP from Pennsylvania  answered…3yrs3Y

I think that it is very wrong and disrespectful to burn the American Flag, but making it illegal seems somewhat extreme. Maybe enforcing a fine instead of something more drastic.

 @8Q6C4Y4 from Florida  answered…4yrs4Y

No, and I hate saying this, but people should have the right to do this. I don't respect anyone who would, but using government in this manner is a little bit of a slippery slope.

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