| − | According to polls recorded by the Pew Research Center from other sources, an overwhelming majority of people believe that burning the flag should be a criminal offense, but the majority disappears when the question asked is whether flag burning should be illegal ''as a form of protest'', to which 45% responded "Yes," and 54% responded "No."<ref>{{cite news |title=Pew Research Center: No Clamor for Amendment From Flag-Waving Public|url=http://pewresearch.org/pubs/32/no-clamor-for-amendment-from-flag-waving-public}}</ref> The support is not as high as it was when the Amendment was first introduced and public support continues to decline today.<ref>{{cite news |title=Why the flag amendment hasn't cleared Senate hurdle|url=http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0629/p02s02-uspo.html}}</ref> | + | According to polls recorded by the Pew Research Center from other sources, an overwhelming majority of people believe that burning the flag should be a criminal offense, but the majority disappears when the question asked is whether flag burning should be illegal ''as a form of protest'', to which 45% responded "Yes," and 54% responded "No."<ref>{{cite news |title=Pew Research Center: No Clamor for Amendment From Flag-Waving Public|url=http://pewresearch.org/pubs/32/no-clamor-for-amendment-from-flag-waving-public}}</ref> The support is not as high as it was when the Amendment was first introduced and public support continues to decline today.<ref>{{cite news |title=Why the flag amendment hasn't cleared Senate hurdle|url=https://www.csmonitor.com/2006/0629/p02s02-uspo.html}}</ref> |