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Is it illegal to burn a cross?

Updated: 4/29/2024
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It depends. If you are burning the cross in order to intimidate or threaten a person or group of people, then yes. However, the First Amendment allows people to burn crosses as "protected speech", as long as the intent is for a political point. There is still debate as to how to qualify a political point over intimidation. In Virginia they banned KKK members from burning crosses.

If you are doing it just to express your freedom to burn something symbolically just because you can, you have every right under protected speech.

There are however no laws against burning the Star of David, or X's that I'm aware.

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Yes, burning a cross as a form of intimidation or hate speech is considered a hate crime in many jurisdictions and is illegal. It is often associated with racial or religious intolerance and can lead to charges of harassment, intimidation, or incitement to violence.

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How can it be a sin, burning cross which was a weapon or an instrument used to kill people and especially used to kill Jesus of Nazareth

Unbelievably yes it is the main symbol of Christianity

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