The American flag represents all of us and all the values we hold sacred.
The electronic spectrum is the only natural resource in which there's no such thing as private property rights. You can't own a piece of the spectrum.
Our flag is not just one of many political points of view. Rather, the flag is a symbol of our national unity.
Worrying that banning flag desecration would inhibit free speech reveals a misunderstanding of the flag's fundamental nature.
A corollary is that, when laws are out of touch with the people, those laws can and should be changed - from the most simple local regulations to the highest law of the land, our federal Constitution.
It is the will of the American people that we have a right to protect our flag and this can only be accomplished by passing a Constitutional amendment.