The rules ask that only one flag be flown at any house: the official U.S. It was just a fun way for us to show our individuality and support in a way that didn't break any HOA rules.' 'We don't feel targeted or attacked in our community. 'We're not trying to stick it to anyone,' Fachino said. The post took off and inevitably devolved into rants about overzealous homeowner's associations, but Fachino had no intention to become adversarial. After all, he sits on his neighborhood board. Memo Fachino and his husband, Lance Mier, replaced the flag with a rainbow display of flood lights, and Fachino embraced the humor of the moment by posting it to a Reddit forum celebrating outside-the-box ways ways of getting around rules.
When a neighborhood association told Racine homeowners that their Pride flag had to be taken down, they found a clever loophole - one that took the Pride message to new heights and simultaneously made their house Internet famous.
