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126.2 Exception allowing religious associations to give preference to adherents to their creed

A home for delinquent and dependent children operated as a non-profit venture, “founded on Christian principles and carrying out operations in a Christian context,” is a religious association within the meaning of sec. 111.32(3)(a), Stats. Sack v. Christ the King Home (DILHR, 02/27/75), aff’d sub nom. Sack v. DILHR, (Dane Co. Cir. Ct., 07/28/76).

A restaurant managed by the Phoenix Fellowship Society was not a religious organization and therefore not exempt from the Act and its demotion of an employee and reduction of her wages because of her refusal to become a member of the Society was discrimination based on creed. Belle v. Ovens of Brittany (DILHR, 08/29/75).