Flag Anti-desecration Amendment

Yes, this would be one of the things that burns my ass... (Please see link.) Although it is over, I would like to relay the correspondence that I have had with republican representative Marsha Blackburn.

I originally sent her a brief e-mail on June 13th:

"I am in opposition to this amendment. By supporting this amendment, you undermine and oppose the very values that this country was founded on and that this flag stands for. By supporting this amendment, and discarding the right to freedom of expression that this country was founded on, you devalue the very flag that you seek to protect.

"Congress shall make no law...abridging the freedom of speech."

Today I received a letter back from her arguing that:

"For over half a century until 1989, every State in the Union, and later in the federal government, outlawed the physical desecration of the flag, without constitutional objection. In response to the 1989 Supreme Court ruling, Congress passed the "Flag Protection Act of 1989." A year later, The Supreme Court struck down the Act, ruling it infringed on expressive conduct protected by the First Amendment.
"The Flag protection act of 2005 would restore the authority of Congress to prohibit the physical desecration of the flag.... I am in support of this legislation."

So, of course I replied:

"Thank you for your response. I am disappointed that you use the bandwagon argument in your support of the Flag Desecration Amendment. I would have preferred that you supported your view of this amendment based on logical reasoning and facts showing the benefit of supporting the Flag Desecration Amendment as well as refuting my concerns that the it is not only a violation of the freedom of speech, but also invalidates the American Flag itself by removing the very thing it symbolizes instead of arguing that "well... no one else had a problem with it before."
"This is the very reason that we are a republic. The very reason that our founding fathers renounced and criticized democracy... Because contrary to popular opinion, the majority are NOT always right.
So my question is; Are you going to go with the flow of the crowd because it's comfortable, or are you going to stand up for what is right and constitutionally accurate?"

Somebody please tell me that the people we elect to represent us have more integrity than this.