KRS 344.130: Definition of "place of public accommodation, resort, or amusement" for

chapter -- Exceptions.

As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise, "place of public

accommodation, resort, or amusement" includes any place, store, or other es tablishment,

either licensed or unlicensed, which supplies goods or services to the general public or

which solicits or accepts the patronage or trade of the general public or which is

supported directly or indirectly by government funds, except that:

(1) A private club is not a "place of public accommodation, resort, or amusement" if its

policies are determined by its members and its facilities or services are available

only to its members and their bona fide guests;

(2) "Place of public accommodation, resort, or amusement" does not include a rooming

or boarding house containing not more than one (1) room for rent or hire and which

is within a building occupied by the proprietor as his residence; and

(3) "Place of public accommodation, resort, or amusement" does not include a religious

organization and its activities and facilities if the application of KRS 344.120 would

not be consistent with the religious tenets of the organization, subject to paragraphs

(a), (b), and (c) of this subsection.

(a) Any organi zation that teaches or advocates hatred based on race, color, or

national origin shall not be considered a religious organization for the

purposes of this subsection.

(b) A religious organization that sponsors nonreligious activities that are operated

and governed by the organization, and that are offered to the general public,

shall not deny participation by an individual in those activities on the ground

of disability, race, color, religion, or national origin.

(c) A religious organization shall not, under any circumstances, discriminate in its

activities or use of its facilities on the ground of disability, race, color, or

national origin.