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f <br /> 6 <br /> (d) It is an unlawful housing practice to deny any person, <br /> who is otherwise qualified by State law, access to or membership or <br /> participation in any real estate brokers ' organization, multiple <br /> listing service, or other service, organization, or facility <br /> relating to the business of engaging in real estate transactions, <br /> or to discriminate in the terms or conditions of such access, <br /> membership, or participation because of race, color, religion, sex, <br /> national origin, age, disability, familial status, or veteran <br /> status . <br /> (e) It is an unlawful housing practice to coerce, intimidate, <br /> threaten, or interfere with any person in the exercise or enjoyment <br /> of, on account of having exercised or enjoyed, or on account of <br /> having aided or encouraged any other person in the exercise or <br /> enjoyment of any right granted or protected by this Ordinance. <br /> Sec . 5 . 2 Proof of Violation <br /> (a) It is a violation of this Article if: <br /> ( 1) A person by his or her act or failure to act intends <br /> to discriminate against a person. A person intends to discriminate <br /> if, in committing an unlawful housing practice in Section 5. 1 of <br /> this Article he or she was motivated in full, or in any part at <br /> all, by race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, <br /> disability, familial status, or veteran status . An intent to <br /> discriminate may be established by direct or circumstantial <br /> evidence; or <br /> (2 ) A person's act or failure to act has the effect, <br /> regardless of intent, of discriminating, as set forth in Section <br /> 5 <br />