Posted on 07/14/2015 1:58:34 PM PDT by kaehurowing
A Hilo couple has filed a housing discrimination suit against Haili Congregational Church and the churchs rental property manager, claiming they were discriminated against, harassed and forced to move from an apartment building owned by the church because they werent married.
(Excerpt) Read more at westhawaiitoday.com ...
This is going to get complicated now...
“The attacks on churches will accelerate.”
And intensify. Bank on it.
NO indication the rental initiated with an agreement not to spend nights together
A later lease/rules was proferred and the couple seems to have wanted to comply
The couple moved out and lived together as a couple
a suit is filed
I think if i felt discriminated against, I'd pay my rent and file charges without leaving ...
I think (but I'm no lawyer0 that by leaving you sort of agree that you are in the wrong
The is not a government agency or a for-profit employer, but a private church. If this lawsuit succeeds, we all know what’s next.
Reading the article, it seems that the couple was aware of the rules and chose not to abide by them.
If they signed an agreement to abide by the rules, they have no case.
Ms. Bonk.
If the lease says only married couples...that is what they agreed to. If not, the apartment building owner is up the creek.
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