All persons within the jurisdiction of this state shall be entitled to the full and equal accommodations, advantages, facilities and privileges of any places of public accommodations.... [and] [n]o person, being the owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent, agent or employee of any such place shall directly or indirectly refuse, withhold from or deny to any person any of the accommodations, advantages, facilities or privileges thereof ... on account of race, creed, color, or national origin ...
It shall be an unlawful discriminatory practice for any person, being the owner, lessee, proprietor, manager, superintendent, agent, or employee of any place of public accommodation [or] resort ... because of the race [or] creed ... of any person, directly or indirectly, to refuse, withhold from or deny to such person any ... accommodations, advantages, facilities or privileges thereof....
Nothing contained in this section [296] shall be construed to bar any religious or denominational institution or organization ... from limiting employment or sales or rental of housing accommodations or admission to or giving preference to persons of the same religion or denomination or from taking such action as is calculated by such organization to promote the religious principles for which it is established or maintained.
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