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Tenn. Code Ann. § 4-21-806

Exemption — Religious organizations

Acts 1990, ch. 1053, § 6.

(1) Nothing in this part shall be construed to prohibit a religious organization or any organization operating solely for religious, charitable, educational or social welfare purposes from restricting membership or facilities to persons of the same religious faith, where necessary to promote the religious principles under which it was established and is currently maintained.

(2) This exemption applies only to organizations whose primary purpose is to serve members of a particular religion.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.