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Originally Posted by GatorB
Actually if these anti-flag burning freaks would actually READ the induction oath to the armed sevices they'd might learn something. Show me where the FLAG is mentioned.
"I, _____, do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; and that I will obey the orders of the President of the United States and the orders of the officers appointed over me, according to regulations and the Uniform Code of Military Justice. So help me God."
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That's the oath people take when joining the military....not really an issue here since we're talking about the rights of the average American citizen.
Here's the oath one takes to become a citizen.
The Oath of Citizenship
I hereby declare, on oath, that I absolutely and entirely renounce and abjure all allegiance and fidelity to any foreign prince, potentate, state, or sovereignty of whom or which I have heretofore been a subject or citizen; that I will support and defend the Constitution and laws of the United States of America against all enemies, foreign and domestic; that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the same; that I will bear arms on behalf of the United States when required by law; that I will perform noncombatant service in the Armed Forces of the United States when required by the law; that I will perform work of national importance under civilian direction when required by the law; and that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion; so help me God. In acknowledgement whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.
Again nowhere is a flag mentioned. As good citizens our responsibility is to support and defend the
CONSTITUTION against all enemies, foreign and
DOMESTIC (read Congress and this President)
It's not only my right as a citizen, it's my duty as a citizen to excercise and defend my constitutional freedoms from those who would try to take them away. Whether it be flag burning laws, the PATRIOT ACT, or any other attempt to legislate away my rights.