No, there are laws protecting homeowners from over zealous HOAs also. HOAs must work withing the confines of their regulatory authority, regulating what happens inside the walls is legally outside of their scope. The HOAs in question need to be reined in, put back in their place.currently, but people of that neighborhood are free to vote on any restrictions they want. and, if they get a majority, i can either move or abide by the new covenants. no government is involved.
think about what you're saying. you're saying the HOA (a group of people who got together voluntarily) can pass restrictions for their residents that goes onto a persons personal property (from the street to your house). isn't that what you're saying?
Not even a good attempt at entrapment. Oh and HOAs are seldom a group of people who got together voluntarily, they are entities, often initiated and required by the builder then passed on to the community when the builder is done to continue (as required by the original builder contract). Their authority has to do, only, with preserving the physical exterior ascetics and maintenance required to protect the property value. What these HOAs are doing is playing fast and loose with the wording in an attempt at an end run around homeowner protections. Kinda like you just tried to do.