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# CA Civil Rights Dept. Complaint
- URL: https://gijustice.com/ca-crd-complaint/
- Published: 2024-05-31T17:35:00.000Z
- Updated: 2026-05-18T21:44:06.000Z
- Author: Logan M. Isaac
- Tags: CA, California, Civil Rights Department, complaint

Since the passage California’s [Assembly Bill 556](https://legiscan.com/CA/bill/AB556/2013?ref=gijustice.com) in 2013, military families have been a protected class under [Cal Gov. Code Part 2.8](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes%5Fdisplayexpandedbranch.xhtml?tocCode=GOV&division=3.&title=2.&part=2.8.&chapter=&article=&ref=gijustice.com), which outlines the obligations of the [Civil Rights Department (CRD)](https://calcivilrights.ca.gov/?ref=gijustice.com).

[Cal. Gov. Code §12940](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes%5FdisplaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=12940.&lawCode=GOV&ref=gijustice.com)(b) prohibits employers and labor organizations from providing “only second-class or segregated membership.” By specifically excluding “military and veteran status” from organizational policies and resources, the [American Academy of Religion (AAR)](https://aarweb.org/?ref=gijustice.com) forces soldiers and veterans engaged in the scholarly study of religion to accept a diminished membership status.

[Cal. Gov. Code §12940](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/codes%5FdisplaySection.xhtml?sectionNum=12940.&lawCode=GOV&ref=gijustice.com)(k) requires employers and labor organizations “to take all reasonable steps necessary to prevent discrimination and harassment from occurring.” By discriminating against military families, AAR created an environment in which anti-military bias was endorsed from the top down.

AAR is planning to [host its Annual Gathering](https://aarweb.org/AARMBR/Events-and-Networking-/Annual-Meeting.aspx?ref=gijustice.com) in a city of 240,000 soldiers, veterans, and Dependents while denying them the civil rights their sacrifices secured. That is not only insulting, in California it is also unlawful. **I am therefore petitioning the state of California to bar the AAR from doing business in the state until it complies with applicable laws.**

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**Plenty of states allow businesses to discriminate against military families, the AAR can take its business there.**

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#### Correspondence submitted as part of my complaint

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