Brandon’s Law: Proposed to Overcome ‘Anti-Christian’ Bigotry
A Clinton resident filed an ethics complaint with the NAR, the Daily Montanan reported
Months after an ethics complaint was filed against realtor and Pastor Brandon Huber for alleged anti-LGBTQ hate speech, legislators drafted a bill named in his honor to “combat anti-Christian bigotry in the real estate industry,” a press release from Huber’s attorney read Thursday.
The bill, called “Brandon’s Law” submitted by Sen. Keith Regier, R-Kalispell, to the Montana Legislative Services Division on Tuesday, has two goals as outlined in the release:
“Prohibit a real estate organization from forcing realtors to join the organization and fund (the National Association of Realtor’s) anti-Christian agenda in order to have access to the MLS (multiple listing service, an online database that sorts available real estate properties”;
“Impose civil liability as well as professional sanctions (including real-estate license suspensions by the state’s Board of Realty Regulation) for discriminating against a fellow realtor based upon the realtor’s constitutionally protected speech or free exercise of religion.”
A Clinton resident filed an ethics complaint with the NAR, the Daily Montanan reported in November of 2021, in reaction to Huber ending the church’s partnership with the Missoula Food Bank after an LGBTQ “Pride” insert, a coloring page, had been included in the free lunches they partnered to hand out.
The Missoula Organization of Realtors also accused Huber of “hate speech” for participating in a rally advertised with a flier that read, in part, “Expose the LGBTQ Agenda that Controls our Lives and Kills our Liberty.”
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