REPORT: Largest Trade Organization Under Fire For Allegedly Muzzling Conservative Christians

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From the Daily Caller: The National Association of Realtors (NAR) is facing legal pushback for allegedly censoring conservative Christian real estate agents for their personal beliefs.

Critics are slamming NAR’s ethics code, specifically article 10-5, for serving as a “weaponization tool” that’s been used to further conservative Christian “persecution.” Several of these realtors claiming their rights and businesses have been targeted are now pursuing legal action against the NAR or other parties involved.

Virginia realtor and broker Wilson Fauber, Arizona realtor Chad DeVries and Georgia realtor Julie Mauck, all self-professing conservative Christians, have filed lawsuits or have said they intend to file against the NAR, their local realtor associations or individuals who brought ethics complaints against them under the NAR’s Article 10-5.

Fauber has discussed taking legal action against the NAR and the Virginia Association of Realtors (VAR) after they both ruled that he was guilty of “hate speech” for posting a Bible verse with commentary ten years ago on his personal Facebook page.

Fauber, 70, said he had served clients and was also active in ministry work for 44 years. Then in early 2024, the National Association of Realtors told him someone had filed an ethics complaint against him for a Facebook post he had made back in 2015, claiming it was discriminatory against the LGBT community.

Fauber said he had simply reposted an article by Rev. Franklin Graham, which quoted the Bible verse Leviticus 18:22. The verse reads, “Thou shalt not lie with mankind, as with womankind: it is abomination.”

The Virginia Realtors conducted a hearing in December, and ruled that Fauber was guilty of violating the NAR Ethics code. He appealed, but lost the appeal in a second hearing on Feb. 13.

A press release from the law firm representing Fauber describes his ‘punishment’:

In addition to officially being deemed a “discriminator” by the VAR, as punishment Fauber has been ordered to undergo multiple re-education programs – apparently to rid him of his Biblical convictions – and to pay a fine.

If he fails to do these, he could have his REALTOR membership suspended, as has already happened to another pastor in Montana recently. And without membership in REALTOR, it’s virtually impossible to make a living as a real estate agent/broker since membership is required to access the online Multiple Listing Services.

Fauber is fighting back. In a post on X days after the ruling, he wrote, “I will not stop fighting for the protection of freedom of speech. This includes the freedom to preach and teach the Bible.”

“In America, some of us stand firm in our efforts to protect every individual’s right to freely practice their faith,” he added.

“What the National Association of REALTORS and the Virginia REALTORS have called hate speech is actually called FREE SPEECH,” Fauber continued.

“I honor the greatness and importance of the First Amendment, but sadly, the vast majority of Christians, including clergy, have laid down and surrendered this God-given privilege to the demands of the LGBTQ+ groups and leftist liberals,” he wrote in another post.

Daily Caller reporter Audrey Streb shared the following details in a series of posts on X:

“I’ve spoken to realtors and experts in the real estate business all across the country, and they reveal an alarming pattern of alleged suppression of Christians and conservatives at the NAR.”

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