1.   However, in America, it is completely legal to burn the flag, completely legal to desecrate the flag.

2.   In other words, it desecrates the flag.

3.   Polls on the issue show that most Americans believe it should be illegal to burn or desecrate the flag.

4.   The amendment would give Congress the authority to set penalties for those convicted of burning, tearing or otherwise desecrating the flag.

5.   The amendment would give Congress the power to set penalties for those who burn, tear, shred or otherwise desecrate the flag.

6.   Those who would desecrate the flag would desecrate America.

7.   When they eventually sit down, is that desecrating the flag?

8.   Will the flag be desecrated if you sit down while wearing your flag pants?

9.   Yes, desecrating the flag is offensive, but not as offensive as desecrating the Constitution by trying to dot the First Amendment with asterisks.

10.   He said desecrating national flags as a political expression is not illegal in most Western democracies.