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Denver attorney Christopher P. Beall, who filed a friend-of-the-court brief for the American Civil Liberties Union of Colorado, said the Stolen Valor Act is fatally flawed because it doesn't require prosecutors to show anyone was harmed or defamed by the lie.
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This is the problem: they're arguing damage, we're arguing
right and wrong. The left is telling us that there are no actions that are inherently wrong. In a very real sense, people are harmed - it diminishes the value of the award.
It's inherent value is the standard which is applied for its award to an individual by the government. The awardees have paid a tremendous price, especially the MOH, and this is the government's recognition of that price paid.
When someone wears one of those medals unworthily, it inherently harms all who earned them by definition.