| | | It shall be | | to refuse the extension of credit to any person solely on the | basis of any one or more of the following factors: Age | | color; sex; sexual orientation; marital status; ancestry; | religion or national origin in any credit transaction. It shall | is not be | | and conditions of any bona fide group credit life, accident and | | health insurance plan, for a financial institution extending | | credit to a married person to require both the husband and the | | wife to sign a note and a mortgage and to deny credit to persons | | under the age of 18 or to consider a person's age in determining | | the terms upon which credit will be extended. |
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| | | Sec. 20. 5 MRSA §4601, as repealed and replaced by PL 1991, c. 824, | | Pt. A, §4, is amended to read: |
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| | | §4601. Right to freedom from discrimination in education |
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| | | The opportunity for an individual at an educational | | institution to participate in all educational, counseling and | | vocational guidance programs and all apprenticeship and on-the- | | job training programs without discrimination because of sex, | | sexual orientation, a physical or mental disability, national | | origin or race is recognized and declared to be a civil right. |
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| | | Sec. 21. 5 MRSA §4602, sub-§4 is enacted to read: |
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| | | 4.__Unlawful education discrimination on the basis of sexual | | orientation.__It is unlawful education discrimination in | | violation of this Act, on the basis of sexual orientation, to: |
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| | | A.__Exclude a person from participation in, deny a person | | the benefits of or subject a person to discrimination in any | | academic, extracurricular, research, occupational training | | or other program or activity; |
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| | | B.__Deny a person equal opportunity in athletic programs; |
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| | | C.__Apply any rule concerning the actual or potential family | | or marital status of a person or to exclude any person from | | any program or activity because of their sexual orientation; |
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| | | D.__Deny admission to the institution or program or to fail | | to provide equal access to any information about an | | institution or program through recruitment; or |
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| | | E.__Deny financial assistance availability and opportunity. |
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