Here is a sample resolution, which was passed by the Veterans For Peace:

Whereas Veterans for Peace is a veterans organization committed to finding peaceful solutions to conflicts and;

Whereas Veterans for Peace believes that the unique perspectives of veterans are important ingredients in public discourse and decision making and;

Whereas Veterans for Peace does not want the diverse views of veterans to be monolithically misrepresented in public discourse and;

Whereas Veterans for Peace does not wish the service and sacrifice of veterans to be trivialized and;

Whereas Veterans for Peace wishes to extend and preserve the freedoms for which its members served and fought in the U.S. Armed Services and;

Whereas there have been few documented cased of desecration of the U.S. flag and;

Whereas amending the U.S. Constitution to outlaw flag desecration encroaches on First Amendment guaranteed freedom of speech and;

Whereas such an amendment to “protect” the flag suppresses speech and muffles the voices of dissent and;

Whereas promoting such an amendment as an “honor” to veterans does not honor our service and;

Whereas Veterans for Peace wishes to articulate its position on the proposed flag desecration to the U.S. Constitution;

Therefore, be it resolved that Veterans for Peace opposes the proposed amendment to the U.S. Constitution to “protect” the flag and calls on its members and others to oppose the proposed amendment by voicing their opposition in all available forums;

Resolved at its Annual Meeting in Boston, Massachusetts, on this _________ day of July, 2004.