HomeMy WebLinkAbout89-073RESOLUTION NO. 8°~O73
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SANTA ANA EXPRESSING ITS DISAPPOINTMENT
AND INDIGNATION WITH THE DECISION OF THE
UNITED STATES SUPREME COURT SHIELDING
PERSONS WHO BURN AND DESTROY THE FLAG OF THE
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA FROM PROSECUTION.
WHEREAS, on June 21, 1989, the Supreme Court of the United
States decided the case of Texas v. Gregory Lee Johnson; and
WHEREAS, the Court decreed that publicly burning an American
flag is protected speech under the First Amendment; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Santa Ana does
hereby express extreme disappointment with this decision; and
WHEREAS, the Flag of the United States occupies a unique
position as the symbol of our nation; and
WHEREAS, the uniqueness of the Flag has been created by
history as the symbol of universal honor and respect of our nation
peace and at war; and
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WHEREAS, the Flag is prominently displayed in public
buildings from the United States Capitol to the thousands of City
Halls and County Courthouses throughout the country; and
WHEREAS, the traditional placing of the Flag on the caskets
of deceased members of the armed forces is a mark of respect to the
memory of those who gave their lives in defense of their country; and
WHEREAS, for those proud men who have fought on battlefields
around the world to preserve our freedom, the Flag holds a singular
honor revered over all other national symbols; and
WHEREAS, both the Congress and the States have enacted laws
prohibiting the public mutilating, defacing, defiling, burning or
other desecration of the Flag.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the
City of Santa Aha wishes to express its profound disappointment and
indignation with the Johnson decision which shields persons who
publicly burn the Flag of the United States o£ America from
prosecution.
FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED that the Flag is a symbol which
deserves a unique and special protection as the most visible symbol
embodying our Country.
RESOLUTION NO. 89-073
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FURTHER, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Santa Ana calls upon the United States Congress to pass legislation or
to sponsor a Constitutional Amendment which will protect the Flag from
public desecration.
ADOPTED this l~th day of
July , 1989.
ATTEST:
~radice C. Guy ~
Clerk of the Counck~l'
l~dwa Jk:. C~ope r
City A t t o~'n'te~
COUNCILMEMBERS'.
Young A.ye
Acosta Aye
Griset Aye
May Aye
McGuigan Aye
Norton Aye
Pulido Aye