DR. PEPPER,, that old law and all past state and federal laws purporting to criminalize burning or other desecration of the American flag have been struck down as UNCONSTITUTIONAL. Such laws being invalid, there is therefore no such differential applicability as you ignorantly assert. Read all about it here:
http://civilliberty.about.com/...ch/p/flagburning.htm
Remarkably, according to the First Amendment Center, a respected organization headquartered in Tennessee: "Although the U.S. Supreme Court has twice invalidated state flag laws, 47 states still have on the books laws, many modeled after the Uniform Flag Law of 1917, that prohibit the desecration of the flag or its use for advertising and publicity purposes."
http://www.firstamendmentcente...flag-protection-laws
Those laws, though on the books, can not be enforced, having been invalidated by the highest court in the land.
Now go ahead if you still wish to "get the word out." But the word you get out will be BOGUS. And if you have already begun to disseminate this crapola, integrity would dictate that you again contact the members of your e-mail community whom you have misled and correct your error.