The law states that people cannot be treated differently in certain areas
of life because of certain personal characteristics. Listed below are the
areas of life in which you are protected, and the personal characteristics
that cannot be used as a reason to treat you differently.
- Employment: Race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex,
marital status, sexual orientation, public assistance, disability or
age.
- Housing: Race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital
status, sexual orientation, public assistance, disability or familial
status.
- Public Accommodations: Race, color, creed, religion, national origin,
sex, sexual orientation, or disability.
- Public Services: Race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex,
sexual orientation, public assistance, or disability.
- Education: Race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual
orientation, public assistance, disability or age.
- Credit: Race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, marital
status, sexual orientation, public assistance, or disability.
- Business: Race, color, sex, sexual orientation, disability, or a
woman's choice of surname.
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