Esta ley dice que no puedes dañar o poner cosas raras en las banderas de Estados Unidos o Carolina del Sur. Si lo haces, podrías enfrentarte a una multa o incluso pasar tiempo en la cárcel.
Es como si tu amigo pintara sobre tu dibujo favorito. No solo se ve mal, sino que también te hace sentir mal por lo que hiciste.
Imagina que Juan decide hacer una fiesta y usa una bandera de Estados Unidos como mantel. Luego, pinta una sonrisa en la bandera. Alguien ve esto y denuncia a Juan, quien podría recibir una multa o enfrentar otros problemas legales.
Multa de hasta $100, hasta 30 días de cárcel, y una multa adicional de $50 por cada ofensa.
SECTION 16-17-220. Desecration or mutilation of United States, Confederate or State flags. Any person who in any manner, for exhibition or display, shall (a) knowingly place or cause to be placed any word, inscription, figure, mark, picture, design, device, symbol, name, characters, drawing, notice or advertisement of any nature upon any flag, standard, color or ensign of the United States, the Confederate States of America or this State or upon a flag, standard, color or ensign purporting to be such, (b) knowingly display, exhibit or expose or cause to be exposed to public view any such flag, standard, color or ensign upon which shall have been printed, painted or otherwise placed or to which shall be attached, appended, affixed or annexed any word, inscription, figure, mark, picture, design, device, symbol, name, characters, drawing, photographs, notice or advertisement of any nature, (c) expose to public view, manufacture, sell, expose for sale, give away or have in possession for sale, to give away, or for use for any purpose, any article or substance, being an article of merchandise or a receptacle of merchandise or article or thing for camping or transporting merchandise upon which shall have been printed, painted, attached or otherwise placed a representation of any such flag, standard, color or ensign to advertise, call attention to, decorate, mark or distinguish the article or substance on which placed or (d) publicly mutilate, deface, defile, defy, jeer at, trample upon or cast contempt, either by word or act, upon any such flag, standard, color or ensign shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and shall be punished by a fine not exceeding one hundred dollars or by imprisonment for not more than thirty days, or both, in the discretion of the court, and shall also for
Sí, pero debes asegurarte de que no se dañen ni se alteren de ninguna manera que pueda considerarse profanación.
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