Politics: Flag-burning

There's been another attempt to ban the burning of the American flag; presumably by Republicans trying to mobilize voters. It passed the House a year ago, and was a vote short (66-34) in the Senate yesterday. Disgusting.
Granting some small bit of, er, "hope" to those of us who take our rights seriously, Time magazine says that as many as a dozen supporting senators would have voted "nay" if they thought the bill was going to pass.
Being from Michigan, I'm particularly disappointed in Senator Stabenow, who voted for it. And don't let Hillary Clinton's "nay" vote sway you -- she (again) tried to straddle both sides of the fence by proposing a bill that would ban flag-burning by law rather than Constitutionally.
Check the Senate rollcall here and the House rollcall from last year here.
Thanks to The Tech Report's Religion & Politics forum for this issue and links. Technorati Tags: [Politics] [Flag] [Amendment] [Constitution]