Except that the non-burning of the flag is not a defining element of America, nor has it been since America was founded.


I figured there had to be more to it, but my comment was really mostly a joke. Unfortunately, when we consider that the only thing even resembling a substantive difference between the original resolution and the substitution is a statement that this belief is a requisite belief, it certainly does seem that the reason for it being turned down was internal politics over the fact that the resolution was porposed by "fundamentalists." To me, that's even more disappointing, a point of fundamental Christian theology being turned into fodder for a inter-denominational conflict of ideology.