KRS 344.090: Religion or national origin, employment discrimination not unlawful in

certain cases.

Notwithstanding any other provisions of KRS 344.030 to 344.110, it is not an unlawful

practice for:

(1) An employer to hire and employ employees, or an employment ag ency to classify,

or refer for employment an individual, for a labor organization to classify its

membership or to classify or refer for employment an individual, or for an

employer, labor organization, or joint labor -management committee controlling

apprenticeship or other training or retraining programs to admit or employ an

individual in any such program, on the basis of his religion or national origin in

those certain instances where religion or national origin is a bona fide occupational

qualification reasonably necessary to the normal operation of that particular

business or enterprise.

(2) A religious corporation, association, or society to employ an individual on the basis

of his religion to perform work connected with the carrying on by such corpora tion,

association, or society of its religious activity.

(3) A school, college, university, or other educational institution to hire and employ

employees of a particular religion if the school, college, university, or other

educational institution is, in whole or substantial part, owned, supported, controlled,

or managed by a particular religion or by a particular religious corporation,

association, or society, or if the curriculum of the school, college, university, or

other educational institution is dire cted toward the propagation of a particular

religion and the choice of employees is calculated by such organization to promote

the religious principles for which it is established or maintained.