Ceremonial burning is the correct way to dispose of it, but all of these desecrations are protected by the first amendment. Although it seems like the first amendment won’t be a thing for much longer.
The number of people that follow the flag code is basicslly just The Boy Scouts and the military. People let their flags touch the ground, get dirty, get torn and tattered, etc and still fly them. People wear the flag as clothing or other uses that the code says is disrespectful.
But it’s just a set of guidelines and not actually law.
Except burning it is the correct way to dispose of it according to US Flag code.
Ceremonial burning is the correct way to dispose of it, but all of these desecrations are protected by the first amendment. Although it seems like the first amendment won’t be a thing for much longer.
Funny thing they call the proper way ceremonial.
From what I gather, burning it in protest is just as ceremonial - merely a different ceremony.
The first amendment may be all but dead
Your constitution and amendments have always been conditionals based on who is using those “freedoms”.
The number of people that follow the flag code is basicslly just The Boy Scouts and the military. People let their flags touch the ground, get dirty, get torn and tattered, etc and still fly them. People wear the flag as clothing or other uses that the code says is disrespectful.
But it’s just a set of guidelines and not actually law.