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Senate endorses resolution urging constitutional amendment to ban flag desecration

Utah State Senate · February 12, 1990
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Senators adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 3, urging Congress to pursue a constitutional amendment forbidding physical desecration of the U.S. flag; supporters framed the measure as symbolic, while opponents argued the constitution is not the proper place for the change. Vote: 22–1, 5 absent.

The Utah Senate on the floor Wednesday adopted Senate Concurrent Resolution 3, a nonbinding measure urging the state’s congressional delegation to support a constitutional amendment that would prohibit physical desecration of the U.S. flag.

Sponsor Senator Nielsen opened with a personal account about the flag’s meaning and service in wartime, saying the flag "represents a total difference of…

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