FLAG AMENDMENT: YOUR VIEW From: The Record (Bergen County, NJ) | Date: July 30, 1995 | . Provided by ProQuest LLC.Copyright information

The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
07-30-1995
FLAG AMENDMENT: YOUR VIEW
Date: 07-30-1995, Sunday
Section: REVIEW & OUTLOOK
Edition: All Editions -- Sunday

LAST WEEK we asked you to comment on the flag amendment. Here are
your responses:

Sonia DeLeon, Fort Lee

It should be against the law to burn the flag. It's not freedom of
speech we're dealing with, it's desecration of the American flag and
it's destruction of property.

Roberta Sonenfeld, Glen Rock

I don't see why we should curtail civil liberties when there is no real
problem with flag burning to begin with. It infuriates me that taxpayer
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