Texas V Johnson Tolerance

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Unit One Essay Texas v Johnson and the American beg stands for tolerance differences. Texas V Johnson is the court's decision. American flag stands for tolerance in his opinion. Court's decision they had accept Gregory Johnson for his Beliefs, the editor of the newspaper has his on opinion on it. American flag stands for tolerance. Idea of acceptance is to overcome the difference in the most. In story “American flag stands for tolerance” lines 1-3 it says “ A person has a right to have a disagreement with the government rules by burning the flag.” Also on lines 28-30 it says “ Every individual is to have a acceptance because they have their own opinion.” Relates to the Barbara Jordan's quote because they have to accept Gregory for his

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