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To: Hamilton Mill HOA
Hamilton Mill HOA: Allow residents to display social justice flags
Hamilton Mill HOA has allowed a Blue Lives Matter Flag to be displayed by a resident while simultaneously preventing residents from displaying Black Lives Matter and Pride flags. If the HOA is going to continue to allow a Blue Lives Matter flag, they should also allow other flags, or at least other modifications of the American Flag, which they stated their original policy included.
More info: https://www.wsbtv.com/news/local/atlanta/homeowners-hoas-selectively-request-removal-social-justice-signs-flags/CQRXT2EFSNGQ5BGXEJYA6QFZ4Q/
Why is this important?
The flags that residents are permitted to display should not be decided based on their content and whether or not the HOA agrees with it. The HOA made these decisions under the excuse that the Blue Lives Matter flag was a modification of the American flag, while the Black Lives Matter flag wasn't. However, the Pride flag that a resident was asked to take down was also a modification of the American flag. After changing the rules to be more specific and saying that only standard American flags were allowed, the Blue Lives Matter flag was allowed to stay up and be "grandfathered" in.
Tell the HOA that they should be consistent when enforcing their guidelines and that they should not act arbitrarily by discriminating against the message of each flag. They should either allow all modifications of the American flag or none. If they continue to enforce the rule that only standard American flags can be displayed, then they should ensure that the Blue Lives Matter flag is removed.