[BlackFemaleArmyColonel]

This is becoming ridiculous. People have a right to hang up whatever they want to on their property. Unreal. I thank this woman for her patriotism! I wish I could help in some way!

[jimjohn]

One would think this would exempted in any HOA.

[BlessedBeGod]

I checked, and Hatfield is near Philly. It figures.

[VRWCarea51]

I hope the H.O.A. pig who complained is exposed for All America to see.

One more reason to NEVER buy in a H.O.A. neighborhood. Retired Government Goons become regulation Nazis.

[Arm_Bears]

Sounds like these “neighbors” need the flaming-bag-of-dog-poop-on-the-front-porch treatment.

[Red Badger]

HOA = Yard NAZIs................

[LostInBayport]

If you buy a house or a condominium and they are governed by a homeowners association, read the fine print and beware. Just like our branches of government, they work well in the hands of decent, moral people. In the hands of wannabe tyrants who want everyone to dance only to the tunes that they like, well...

I have known many people who ran afoul of a clique in their neighborhood, and when members of the clique were elected to the homeowners association things got ugly. For some.

[bigdaddy45]

Since when is 8” x 14” “tiny”? And yes, i fully support her. I was just picturing a REALLY tiny flag when I clicked the article.

[Travis T. OJustice]

Somebody needs a serious ass kicking. It’s amazing the stories of the power trips HOW board members go off on.

[Excellence]

She’s a blue star mother. She’s earned the right to hang it.

[MichaelCorleone]

I’m getting tired of hearing about this kind of sheet all over the country. We are in need of a deep, thorough cleansing from coast to coast.

[FlingWingFlyer]

I’m glad I live in rural, conservative America where neighbors mind their own business unless you need help. When you need help is when they show up at your door. The DemocRATS’ “Balkanized” America REALLY sucks!

[centurion316]

I’d love to see the language in the HOA that prohibits this display. Even if there is some silly language, the fact that the HOA have been silent about it for a year presents some legal issues for the HOA.

The article says that “the authorities”. An HOA is no authority, they have a set of codicils to which all home owners agree to follow.

The banner was designed by the U.S. Government in World War I specifically for display in the home of a family with some family member serving. One Blue Star is displayed for each serving family member. When one of those family members fall in action, a gold star is affixed over the Blue Star. It is not a flag, again the specific language of the HOA would have to restrict a window decoration. Is a paper pumpkin allow in a window? If so, this lady can tell the HOA to stuff it.

[SWAMPSNIPER]

Sometimes you just have to tell people to go to Hell.

[lee martell]

The headline is deceptive. The flag is not really displayed inside her home. The flag is facing outside the front window. I support why this woman wants to honor her son, but if she lives in an HOA, that’s the sort of busybody behavior you will get. The lady has the option of filing for an expemption, but she must write and request one. She doesn’t feel she should have to do this. Hopefully, a helpful neighbor will do this for her. But never forget, that is how HOA’s notoriously are. They have the pow-wahh!

[righttackle44]

From the time our son went off toe boot camp and Pendleton until after the night he returned from his last deployment with the 2/5 Marines in Ramadi, we hung a Blue Star Banner in our window.

We were especially proud of the 2/5 because, in his last deployment, a number of 2/5 veterans extended their enlistments--our son was one of them--because, so many of the veterans would be gone, and the battalion would have gone over with so many inexperienced Marines. It paid off. Of the 800 who went to Ramadi, 800 came home.

I am telling you, someone would have died if he, she, or they had tried to remove my wife's Blue Star from our window.

[Feckless]

Invite the "offended" to come inside and take it down...

(You know where this is going...)

[savagesusie]

HOA’s are just another layer of the slippery slope to the total destruction of private property rights.

It is destroying the Republic for “democracy”——mob rule which destroys individualism. All HOAs should be unconstitutional because they deny “equal” for all the city residents.....and is an elitist, classist, collectivist concept.

There should be no “collectives” which can stomp Individual Natural Rights of private property ownership (UNALIENABLE—can’t SIGN THEM AWAY!!!!) which isn’t applied EQUALLY to all people in the city.

This type of nannyism is dangerous-—slippery slope to conditioning into vice (instead of Christian Virtue)——complaining always about neighbors so you can “sue” them and “control” them, and a parasitic lawyer gets easy money forced from ALL the HOA homeowners for trying to destroy private property rights. Busybodies ethics—everyone-—SINFUL/EVIL.

It is promotion of EVIL and all Just Laws HAVE to promote VIRTUE——not this petty neighbor hate and discord.

[HamiltonJay]

Ah the HOA... legalized Nazism.

Seriously anyone who buys a house with HOA covenants is a fool

[Sacajaweau]

You agree to certain things. If you don't like it, don't buy it.

But the HOA can grant waivers, change the rules etc....but everyone has to agree to it.

[HANG THE EXPENSE]

Sounds to me that the HOA members need a motivational education.This shiit would end.