There you go.
My favorite GA Supreme Court quote is in a contracts case, but it applies here:
“Those with the ability to read have the duty to read...”
When you buy in a deed restricted, HOA community, what you get is spelled out in the documents that you get in advance of the closing. Very few people read them, but lots bitch after the fact.
There are things the HOA has no right to outlaw. Flying the US flag is one of them.
But your support of "pure democracy" is noted.