Background Information on Cherrywood Apartments Rainbow Flag Dispute

TL;DR

This is the issue I'm facing. What follows is a rundown of all the facts as I understand them.

My Lease

The relevant information from my lease: "Resident is not permitted to attach or hang any item to building in any area adjacent to your apartment by means of screws, nails or fasteners. This includes, but is not limited to, flags, bamboo screens, hanging plants, wind chimes, bicycle hooks, hanging decorations, strings of lights, etc." There is NOTHING in the lease about ANY exceptions to this rule.

Halloween 2016

Here is my unit as it was on Halloween. I had these decorations up for most of the month with zero complaints.

My Unit

After the election I chose to place a single clean rainbow flag on my porch.

12/1/16 - Violation Letter

I received a letter saying I had violated the lease terms prohibiting "Hanging plants, chimes, decorations, lights".

Email to landlords

I emailed my landlords photographs & descriptions of several other units that were (and are) violating the same rule as me.

Highlights of my conversation at the office

This is a summary of this exchange based on my best memory of what occured.

Email sent to landlord

Having been told that the office allows "seasonal decor", I ask for a description of the policy.

Letter from Resident Services

Letter admits to an "exception" for "festive decorations for a limited time-period around the winter holidays", thus admitting that they are enforcing the rules unequally and not in line with the lease.

Response email

My response to the letter, explaining that I had been told it was all holidays, and wanted to get clarification. Winter holidays only? I also called "Dan" and asked for clarification on the policy, and he said he would "get back to" me. (As of 12/4 @9pm he has not, if he does I'll update this)

Temporary Fix

To keep in line with what they have told me in writing is their exception (which I still maintain is an unlawful and unfair application of the lease terms as stated), I use tinsel & safety pins to turn my flag into a "happy holidays" sign.

New Decoration for Porch

I checked my lease multiple times & checked many of my neighbors porches & concluded that well-maintained potted plants are allowed, so I put out a nice new potted aloe plant, complete with rainbow stripes & a pink triangle.

Second email to management

During this time I also collected dozens of photographs of noncompliant units. I am choosing not to post them here because I do not actually care about my neighbor's minor display violations and don't want anyone bothering them. I simply have them to hold as evidence that my neighbors have been allowed lease-violating decor for some time without consequence.

Rainbow lights added

Don't worry, I intend to keep rainbow-ing it up every way I can get away with!