raydawg wrote on 11/30/16 at 03:24:53:
" ... all sorts of expression, like flying a confederate flag, etc, ...".
‘Protesting’, something,
by, Burning/stomping on/etc, a American Flag.
Is, ‘protected by, ‘Free Speech’.
Many don’t like it, but that is the way it is.
But why, is a flag, with a snake on it it, saying, ‘Don’t Tread On Me”,
or a Civil War Battle Flag, or a G/L, multi collared Flag, Etc, etc, etc.
Wrong?
They, are also, protected by the 1st Amendment.
(Your Opinion)
Yet, ’some’ flags are, ‘banned’,
(Or ‘wanna be’),
by certain groups of people.
If the Zoning ordnance, where you live, Specifically Says,
(Such and Such) a Flag should not be flown.
Or, their is a ordnance stating, a Flag, (any flag), must/or not, be flown at a, certain height, size pole, etc. Then you are SOL.
BUT, if have flown your, (that) flag, BEFORE, a ‘ordnance’ was passed.
Stand up on your hind feet, and say:
‘Ya CAN’T DO That!”Next resort, ( Some, very few, H.O. Codicils, state a certain, ‘color scheme’, to a house).
If yours does NOT.
PAINT, that flag on your garage door, or window.
Not a Darn thing, a neighbor can say about it!
(What is that saying, about, 'Tolerance' ?)