Hypocrisy Strikes Again

Commentary: Town makes it illegal to fly a foreign flag POSTED: 3:58 p.m. EST, November 20, 2006 By Ruben Navarrette Jr. Special to CNN SAN DIEGO, California (CNN) -- This is where we've arrived in this country: You have the constitutional right to burn an American flag, but you can get into trouble for simply flying a foreign one. (CNN)

Again, we have a city that just does not get it. While Mr. Navarrette points out that the First Amendment gives people the right to fly the flag of another country, more importantly, Title 4 Section 7 say exactly how the flags of other countries are to be flown in relation to the American flag. So while the town of Pahrump, Nevada (which sounds like a bodily function) may think they can pass an ordinance to require other countries flags to be flow in submission to the US flag, what they are functionally doing is violating Federal law.

Think about this for a moment. What if a city in Mexico (or Iran) passed a similar ordinance. How would the town council of Pahrump, Nevada feel then?