You Can't Legislate Respect.

The House votes today on a proposed constitutional amendment that would ban desecration of the flag.

The issue has come up in Congress on a regular basis ever since the Supreme Court ruled that burning the American flag is a constitutionally protected form of free speech.

Supporters of the amendment, like Georgia Congressman Phil Gingrey, say that "to burn a flag is to disrespect America."

While I agree that burning the U.S. flag is disrespectful to America, I also think that it's impossible to legislate respect.

We do not need laws on the books what tell us what to think, when to think, and how to think it.