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The state should have no power over the licensing of clergy or religious institutions for training clergy. The curriculum, faculty, and boards of religious institutions should be determined only by the institution. We call on the State to withdraw all imposed regulations.
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In Texas, there is no regulation of the religious content of seminaries.

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Preserving American Freedom > Honoring the Symbols of Our American Heritage > Flag Desecration
Any form of desecration of the American Flag is an act of disregard for our nation and its people and penalties should be established for such.
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Annoying speech is still protected speech. It is a dangerous precedent to establish politically correct forms of free expression. That's copying a tactic of despotic regimes like Iran, Iraq, North Korea, and Cuba.

What is absent from the larger debate is the flag is a symbol. Nobody died for a symbol, they died for what it represents.

Enacting this amendment defiles what the flag represents: curtailing free speech is orders of magnitude more harmful than desecrating a symbol.

bad precedent, pointless

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