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Article: Patriotism and flag desecration in eyes of beholders.(News)(constable.clm 0613)

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June 13, 2009
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If the weather cooperates, IAEll kick off the Flag Day weekend this morning in the suburbs as one of several adults leading nine impressionable grade-schoolers in a blatant, public display of flag desecration.

We donAEt call it a blatant, public display of flag desecration. We call it a youth baseball game, and we certainly donAEt mean any disrespect. But our uniforms sporting the flag of the United States of America on our left sleeve are in clear violation of the Flag Code.

U.S. Code, Title 4, Chapter 1, Section 8(j) reads, "No part of the flag should ever be used as a costume or athletic uniform." The code does allow for a patch, exactly like the ones ...

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