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The moon does have gravity, or else you wouldn't be able to walk on it. Well, technically everything has gravity, as its just a force one mass exerts on another. The point about the flag moving on the moon is that there's no atmosphere on the moon, and thus there is no wind. So a flag on the moon shouldn't flap in the wind. Fortunately, that didn't happen. To make sure the flag looked nice and pretty for the photo shoot they used a metal rod to support the flag at the top. The rod didn't extend fully resulting in a crumpled flag. In still photos, this appears to be "waving" when in reality the flag isn't moving.
Here's one photo:
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It looks as if the flag is waving, no?
But then lets compare it to this photo:
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Two pictures taken at different times, yet the flag appears to have the same exact folds. This shows that the flag is NOT moving in the wind, as some claim.