All flags are symbols. How that symbol is handled reflects entirely on one's view of the thing it symbolizes. Disrespect the symbol, you disrespect the thing it represents. It has nothing to do with religion. It has everything to do with what the definition of a symbol is.
I find it more interesting that I actually had to spell that out for you.
Your last sentence shouldn't come as a shock. By the way, thanks for posting the flag quote. That spelled it out really well and put into words what the majority of us were thinking.
