| | | specification or discrimination based upon race or | | color, sex, sexual orientation, physical or mental | | disability, religion, age, ancestry or national origin, | | any previous assertion of a claim or right under former | | Title 39 or Title 39-A or any previous actions that are | | protected under Title 26, chapter 7, subchapter V-B; or |
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| | | (5) Establish, announce or follow a policy of denying | | or limiting, through a quota system or otherwise, | | employment or membership opportunities of any group | | because of the race or color, sex, sexual orientation, | | physical or mental disability, religion, age, ancestry | | or national origin, the previous assertion of a claim | | or right under former Title 39 or Title 39-A or because | | of previous actions that are protected under Title 26, | | chapter 7, subchapter V-B, of that group; or |
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| | | Sec. 9. 5 MRSA §4573-A, sub-§2, as enacted by PL 1995, c. 393, §21, is | | amended to read: |
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| | | 2. Religious entities. This | | 4553, subsection 10, paragraph G, this subchapter does not | | prohibit a religious corporation, association, educational | | institution or society from giving preference in employment to | | individuals of its same religion to perform work connected with | | the carrying on by the corporation, association, educational | | institution or society of its activities. Under this subchapter, | | a religious organization may require that all applicants and | | employees conform to the religious tenets of that organization. |
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| | | Sec. 10. 5 MRSA §4581, first ¶, as amended by PL 1991, c. 99, §12, is | | further amended to read: |
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| | | The opportunity for an individual to secure decent housing in | | accordance with the individual's ability to pay, and without | | discrimination because of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, | | physical or mental disability, religion, ancestry, national | | origin or familial status is hereby recognized as and declared to | | be a civil right. |
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| | | Sec. 11. 5 MRSA §4582, 2nd, 3rd and 4th ¶¶, as amended by PL 1991, c. 99, | | §14, are further amended to read: |
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| | | For any owner, lessee, sublessee, managing agent or other | | person having the right to sell, rent, lease or manage a housing | | accommodation, or any agent of these to make or cause to be made | | any written or oral inquiry concerning the race or color, sex, | | sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, religion, | | ancestry, national origin or familial status of any prospective | | purchaser, occupant or tenant of the housing accommodation; or to |
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