Re: Akin to Being a Good Person, but Without Requiring the Trappings of Religion . . . ?
Personally, I don't fly an American flag. I do have a small one hanging from my rear-view mirror than an associate handed me last Thursday -- but I prefer the blue and white of the United Nations that flutters in my heart, more a symbol of global unity than any of the present day politics.
Everybody has a reason for what they do and how they go about it -- whatever IT is. In fact, it's estimated that there are approx. as many reasons for anything as there are people who do them.
That's an awful lot to cover in one news article,
Dan