§ 42-38. Public accommodations exemptions.
Nothing in this article shall be applicable to:
(1)
Discrimination on the basis of sex in restrooms, shower rooms, bathhouses, health spas or similar facilities, which are by their nature distinctly private, or dormitory-lodging facilities; or
(2)
A religious organization, association or society or any nonprofit institution or organization operating, supervised or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization, association or society from limiting facilities and accommodations which it owns or operates for other than a commercial purpose to persons of the same religious organization or from giving preference to such persons. However, this exception shall not apply if such religious organization, association, society or any nonprofit, charitable or educational institution or organization operated, supervised or controlled by or in conjunction with a religious organization restricts membership in its organization on the basis of race, color or national origin.
(Code 1979, § 34-8)