Published: July 25, 2011
Op-Ed Contributor
Couple Being Sued Over Patriotic Yard Sign
By Robert Paul Reyes
"A Bossier, La., homeowners association is suing a couple in an attempt to force them to remove a sign supporting their son's military service from their yard. UPI
Homeowners associations are fascist in nature, they make a mockery out of the cherished American principle that a man's home is his castle. Walking in a neighborhood under the thumb of a homeowners association reminds me of the Stepford Wives movie where all the houses looked the same, and joy had been bleached out from everyone's face.
If you cherish democracy and freedom, don't move into a community ruled by a homeowners association.
Tim and Judy Burr have a right under the First Amendment to put up a sign supporting their son' military service. The leaders of the homeowners association are a bunch of Grinches who are probably also against apple pie, motherhood, and the Easter bunny,
Tim and Judy have refused to take down their sign - more power to them!
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Robert Paul Reyes is a NewsBlaze writer on Politics, Pop Culture and Pointless Pontificating. Contact him by writing to NewsBlaze.
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