Quote Originally Posted by TinCow View Post
Cry me a river. Homeowner's association rules are not arbitrarily imposed on people against their will. They're part of the contract you sign when you buy the property and you explicitly agree to abide by them when you buy the house. He knew what the rules were when he bought the place, so he has no reason to complain. If the flag mattered to him that much, he shouldn't have moved to a place that didn't allow flagpoles and then signed an agreement to legally bind himself to abide by their rules.

Receiving the Medal of Honor doesn't make you immune to the rule of law.
Flagpoles aren't forbidden in the agreement, the board made the ruling.