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"Having a nosy-neighborood "authority" tell you what to do on your own property is, in my mind, a flagrant violation of individual rights."

This country was founded to some extent by people who created what are now called "intentional communities," i.e., communities formed around a particular religious or social ideal. People who did not share those values formed communities of their own. In those days, the federal government left them alone because the federal government was not thought to possess constitutional authority to regulate local communities.

So I think this law is bad law as far as our Constitution and our history are concerned. Would you support a federal law that prevented people from creating a small community organized along religious or philosophical principles? Should the Amish be outlawed?

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Although I haven't seen the actual, full text of the Bill, one sentence in this news article may cause some additional complexity to the matter:

" .....that would bar condominium and homeowner associations from restricting how the American flag can be displayed. "

I am assuming that this law would not usurp or abrogate any preexisting Federal laws pertaining to the display of the American flag, but it may cause proponents of this law to wonder what they have wrought when they discover that their neighbor in the homeowner's association-administered area is a hard-Left Moonbat who intentionally displays his flag in a disrespectful manner. Although this of course can happen anywhere, one of the reasons why people move into neighborhoods that have a homeowner's association is precisely for the purpose of eliminating such interpersonal conflicts (i.e. the Anarchist Neighbor From Hell who paints his house black and blacktops his lawn).

It will be interesting to see how this all plays out.

"This country was founded to some extent by people who created what are now called "intentional communities," i.e., communities formed around a particular religious or social ideal."

A point often overlooked or intentionally kept down, when contemplating the fabric of American society.

The central states used to be the Bible belt ... Now it's "fly over country" .. as if to say, no one stops there to live, just those hick farmers.

We'd better get a hold on what words are used in our language and continually fight against the modern definition and practice of multi-culturalism.