Tennessee Code 4-21-502 – Advertisement indicating discriminatory policy
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 4-21-502
- National origin: includes the national origin of an ancestor. See Tennessee Code 4-21-102
- Person: includes one (1) or more individuals, governments, governmental agencies, public authorities, labor organizations, corporations, legal representatives, partnerships, associations, trustees, trustees in bankruptcy, receivers, mutual companies, joint stock companies, trusts, unincorporated organizations or other organized groups of persons. See Tennessee Code 4-21-102
- Sex: means and refers only to the designation of an individual person as male or female as indicated on the individual's birth certificate. See Tennessee Code 4-21-102
- written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
It is a discriminatory practice for a person, directly or indirectly, to publish, circulate, issue, display or mail or cause to be published, circulated, issued, displayed or mailed a written, printed, oral or visual communication, notice or advertisement that indicates that the goods, services, facilities, privileges, advantages and accommodations or a place of public accommodation, resort or amusement will be refused, withheld from or denied an individual on account of the individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex or national origin; or that the patronage of, or presence at, a place of public accommodation, resort or amusement, of an individual on account of the individual’s race, creed, color, religion, sex, age or national origin is objectionable, unwelcome, unacceptable or undesirable.