Flag Burning

Jason Cherkis

Occupy Y'All Street: Occupy Charlotte Activist Gambles Everything On The Movement

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 02.09.2012

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This is the fourth in a series of stories and short films on under-publicized Occupy sites. The first is here, the second is here, and the third is he...

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Occupy Oakland Protest Rekindles Debate About Flag-Burning

AP/The Huffington Post | By TERRY COLLINS and BETH DUFF-BROWN | Posted 03.31.2012

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By TERRY COLLINS and BETH DUFF-BROWN, The Associated Press OAKLAND, Calif. (AP) -- Many in the crowd outside Oakland City Hall shouted "Burn it! Bu...

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LSU Student Wanted After Allegedly Burning Flag Following Osama Bin Laden's Death

Posted 07.05.2011

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A Louisiana State University student allegedly stole and burnt an American flag that flew over a campus war memorial shortly after President Obama ann...

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Muslims, The Quran And The Importance Of Understanding Symbols Of Faith

Dr. David Liepert | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom of Speech, Religion, Quran, Islam, American Muslims, American Constitution, Quran Burning, Ground Zero Mosque, Flag Burning, Muslim Americans, 9/11, Koran Burning, September 11th, Religion News
Dr. David Liepert

I think one of the main problems with the current state of Muslim/American relations is that nobody gets the other side's symbols and when meanings misalign, messages misfire.

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Justice Stephen Breyer: Enemy of Free Speech

Nathan Harden | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom of Speech, First Amendment, Flag Burning, George Stephanopoulos, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Free Speech, First Amendment Rights, Constitution Day, Koran Burning, Justice Stephen Breyer, Good Morning America, Breyer First Amendment, Politics News
Nathan Harden

Is Breyer so infatuated with security that he is willing trade in our basic freedoms for it? Burning a Quran is a stupid thing to do but we must not allow the illiberality of our enemies to infect our constitutional rights.

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I Said I Wouldn't Write About the Mosque

David Helfenbein | Posted 05.25.2011

Read More: Freedom of Speech, September 11, Terry Jones, Ground Zero Mosque, Flag Burning, Jon Stewart, Constitutional Rights, Quran, Ground Zero Islamic Center, Ground Zero, September 11th, Quran Burning, Hate Speech, Politics News
David Helfenbein

When people like Terry Jones use our freedoms to provoke and anger and instill hatred, he abuses his right. Don't ever again politicize our day of unity, Terry Jones. It only comes once a year.

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How I didn't end up being a criminal

Logan Nakyanzi Pollard | Posted 05.25.2011

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Logan Nakyanzi Pollard

The imagery on the cover of the New Yorker represents the quality of conversation on race and religion in this country: mixed messages, nothing decoded.

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Debate Questions I'd (Still) Like To Ask

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011

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Chris Weigant

Unfortunately these questions remain largely unanswered, almost two months after the last debate.

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