1.   Another said he should be required to stand in respect for the freedoms the flag represents.

2.   Because the flag represents the very life of the country, the flag code instructs that flag pins be worn on the left lapel near the heart.

3.   Beyond that, many of us have family members who died fighting for the exceptional freedom the flag represents.

4.   But opponents argued that the measure tramples the American notion of free speech and diminishes the very freedom the flag represents.

5.   But the governor has not said what he believes the flag represents.

6.   Darby says any African-American who grew up in South Carolina, or anywhere else in the South, knows without question what the flag represents.

7.   During a hearing on a proposed constitutional amendment that would allow Congress to protect the flag from desecration, others testified that what the flag represented was more important.

8.   In the boilerplate version, he was quoted as saying that being a Muslim prevented him from standing and that he thought the American flag represented tyranny and oppression.

9.   The flag represents the South.

10.   This is an argument over a distinction without a difference, for the only southern heritage the flag represented and represents was the Civil War.