Prohibiciones sobre la profanación de banderas en Carolina del Sur

Explicación Simple

Esta ley dice que no puedes dañar o hacer cosas raras con las banderas de Estados Unidos, de los Confederados o de Carolina del Sur. Si lo haces, puedes enfrentar multas o incluso ir a la cárcel por un tiempo.

Es como si tuvieras una camiseta de tu equipo favorito y alguien la mancha o la rompe. Eso haría que te sientas mal, y por eso hay reglas para cuidar las banderas.

Ejemplo Práctico

Imagina que Juan decide pintar sobre la bandera de Carolina del Sur en un evento. Aunque lo haga como parte de una obra de arte, podría meterse en problemas porque está dañando la bandera, lo que podría llevarlo a pagar una multa o incluso a pasar unos días en la cárcel.

Texto Original del Estatuto (Inglés)

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