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> Veteran And Veteran Organization Statements And Letters
> Organizational Testimony, Statements And Letters
> Conservatives And Others Opposed To The Amendment
> Editorials, Op-Eds, And Letters Opposing The Amendment
> Other Resources

VETERAN AND VETERAN ORGANIZATION STATEMENTS AND LETTERS:

> Veterans Defending the Bill of Rights - Letter to the Senate
> Veterans for Common Sense - Letter to the Senate
> Jeremy Broussard, Army Captain and Veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom - Letter to the Senate
> Eric G. Eliason, Specialist - Letter to the Senate
> Keith Kreul, Former American Legion National Commander - Letter to the Senate
> James R. Bird, WWII U.S. Army Veteran - Letter to the Senate
> Peter Buotte, veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom - Letter to the Senate
> Robert Gard, Lt. General - Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Opposing Flag Amendment
> Claudia Kennedy, Lt. General - Letter to the Senate
> Sharon Lee Kufeldt, American Legion Post Commander - Letter to the Senate
> Colin Powell - Letter to Senator Leahy (with When They Burned the Flag Back Home article by James Warner)
> Veterans for Peace - Resolution Opposing Flag Amendment
> John Glenn, Senator - Testimony Before Senate Judiciary Committee
> Gary May - Testimony Before Senate Judiciary Committee
> Bob Kerrey, Senator - Testimony Before Senate Judiciary Committee
> Lawrence Korb - Testimony Before Senate Judiciary Committee
> William Ragsdale, Veteran - Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Opposing Flag Amendment
> Robert Cordes, USAF Maj. Ret. - Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Opposing Flag Amendment
> Steven Sanderson,Veteran - Letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Opposing Flag Amendment
> Robert Williams, "A Tuskegee Airman Salutes the Flag"
> In Their Own Words - Compendium of Veterans' Quotes


ORGANIZATIONAL TESTIMONY, STATEMENTS AND LETTERS:
> Dennis Archer, American Bar Association President - Testimony
> ACLU - Letter to the Senate
> ACLU - Reasons to Oppose the Flag Desecration Amendment
> Americans United for Separation of Church and State - Letter to the Senate
> Institute for Justice - Letter to Senator Hatch
> People For the American Way - Letter to the Senate (6/12/2006)


CONSERVATIVES AND OTHERS OPPOSED TO THE AMENDMENT:
> Bruce Fein, Reagan Administration Deputy Attorney General - Letter to Senator Hatch
> Walter Dellinger - Testimony Before Senate Judiciary Committee
> Emergency Committee to Defend the First Amendment - Statement on Flag
> Rutherford Institute - Statement on Flag Desecration Amendment
> James Warner - Letter to the Editor, The Washington Times, "Protect the Flag"
> Bill of Rights Foundation - Letter to Senator Frist and Senator Reid
> Institute for Justice - Letter to Senator Hatch
> Roger Pilon - Testimony Before the House Judiciary Committee


EDITORIALS, OP-EDS, AND LETTERS OPPOSING THE AMENDMENT:
> Washington Post - The Right to Offend
> Salt Lake Tribune - Protect Ideals; Hatch Should Quit Using Flag as a Re-Election Tool
> Military.com - The Wrong Minefield, Gary May
> Washington Times - Protect the Flag, James Warner
> Los Angeles Times - Act Before Midnight Nov 7!
> Detroit Free Press (Opinion) - Protect Liberties More Than Symbols
> Washington Times - Congressional Hypocrisy and Old Glory, Nat Hentoff
> Courier Post Opinion - Flag-Burning Amendment Shouldn't Be Passed, James Bird
> New York Times - One Down, One to Go
> Salt Lake Tribune - Constitution Is More Important Than A Piece Of Cloth
> USA Today - Congress Nears Choice; Protect Freedom or Stoke Anger
> Washington Post - Legislating Patriotism, Nat Hentoff



OTHER RESOURCES:
> First Amendment Center - Polling on Flag Desecration
> First Amendment Center Report - Implementing a Flag Amendment
> People for the American Way - Flag Amendment Talking Points
> People for the American Way - History of Flag Protection and First Amendment
> CRS - Report on History of Flag Protection (June '03)
> Background Information
> Six Reasons to Oppose the Flag Desecration Amendment
> ACLU - Letter to the Senate
> Quotes from Veterans
> Veterans Defending the Bill of Rights (off-site link)
> Additional Ways to Protect Free Speech
> Letters and Resources From Organizations Opposing the Flag Amendment
> Take Action!
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