Volume 26, Issue 3
WisconsinChristianNews.com
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When Posting a Bible Verse Cost a Realtor His Career
By Joe Thomas, The Daily Signal Summer 2025 In the wake of U.S. Supreme Court victories in favor of
ginia Association of Realtors. One wonders how this all came about. Was it like Mas- terpiece Cakeshop, where he declined to serve a gay cou-
his services, or that he even said anything discriminatory. What he did was post a quote from the Bible to his per- sonal social media account … eight years before allega- tions were made against him. To be fair, the Bible passage he posted (reposted, technically speaking, as it was first posted by the Rev. Franklin Graham) was Leviticus 20:13, which does take a harsh view of “men laying with other men as with a woman” (which was apparently hap- pening back then, too). But the post was only seen by his friends, and that was back in 2015.
Jack Phillips, the owner of Masterpiece Cakeshop who had been targeted because he refused to bake a custom cake for a homosexual wedding, and high school football coach Joe Kennedy, who was fired for going against a school order not to kneel in prayer on the field after a game, you would figure (incorrectly) that the culture warriors might be re- thinking their far-left positions on social issues. No, instead, they are turning it up “to 11.” In this case, a Virginia real estate broker is potentially fac- ing the end of his career, and, like Phillips and Kennedy, he didn’t think he was doing anything wrong. And, as you will see, he wasn’t. It’s the case of Wilson Fauber, the next victim of the “Culture War.” As a Realtor, he is a career-long
When Fauber ran for Staunton City Council in 2022, his opponents found this post and made it central into their campaign against him. He lost. So, case closed? Not at all. The post was even- tually brought to the attention of — anonymously, of course — the National Association of Realtors as a violation of the organization’s “hate speech” prohi-
WILSON FAUBER, the realtor in Virginia who “broke the law” which wasn’t a law.
member of the National Association of Realtors, and that organization proprietarily controls access to the Multiple Listing Service that a member like Wilson uses to show his clients all the available listings of properties for sale and where he lists their properties. Just in the past month, he has lost his membership, and the association has labeled him a “discriminator” until he undergoes “sensitivity training” administered by the Vir-
ple? No. Was it like Coach Kennedy, where he had been warned by his bosses that his public display of religion could result in his dismissal? No. So, what did Fauber do to bring this on? Nothing. That’s not a typo. He did noth- ing. There is not one allegation that he discriminated against a buyer or seller regarding property, that he denied anyone
bitions. Under “Standards and Practices,” the organization pro- hibits Realtors (a trademarked word only applicable to members) from “using harassing speech, hate speech, ep- ithets, or slurs based on protected classes.” The prohibition was updated in 2021 to “apply to all ac- tivities, including personal, off-the-clock time.” Continued on Page 38
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