Focus (Forum & Focus)
Nov. 13, 2007
Unfurling the Flag
Forum Column - By Richard Brent Reed - On Veterans Day, a columnist looks at a recent attack on the right to have a traditional flag-folding ceremony accompany burial ceremonies in federal cemeteries.
By Richard Brent Reed
The prospect that, somehow, somewhere, the government will smile on something religious strikes more fear in some people than would a federal endorsement of binge-drinking. To deny public funding of an "artist" that immerses a crucifix in urine is seen, by some, as censorship, yet the muzzling of the American Legion is not. It all depends on whose speech is being gored. Yet, despite the effor...
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