From the WaPo:
"{T]he Senate defeated an alternative measure sponsored by Sen. Richard J. Durbin (D-Ill.), the minority whip. It would have criminalized flag desecration intended to incite violence or carried out on U.S. government property, but without changing the Constitution. The Durbin proposal also would have prohibited unauthorized demonstrations at the funerals of members of the U.S. Armed Forces.
Democrats argued that the measure would have passed constitutional muster in the same way that bans on cross-burning have been upheld by the Supreme Court. But the Senate rejected it by a vote of 64 to 36."
Fred Phelps is the "minister" of Westboro Baptist "Church" who shows up at the funerals of dead American soldiers and protests at their funderals with signs saying "God Hates Fags," and so on.
The Democrats wanted to put an end to his viscious harassment. The Republicans think that what he does is just fine.
Why do the Republicans hate our troops?
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