Pastor Fights to Keep Realtor License After Posting Bible Verse

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Posted on 12/11/2024 7:17:59 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks

A Virginia real estate broker faces the prospect of losing his license and paying a hefty fine because of a Facebook post about a Bible verse about homosexuality.

On Feb. 13, 2015, Staunton-based broker Wilson Fauber reposted the Rev. Franklin Graham’s post citing a verse in the Bible and added commentary from his own perspective as a pastor.

After 44 years in the business with a clear record, Fauber learned that the National Association of Realtors received an ethics complaint about him earlier this year.

The “real basis of that complaint was from 2015, when I posted Leviticus 18:22,” he told The Daily Signal.

“You shall not lie with a male as with a woman; it is an abomination,” reads Leviticus 18:22, as translated by the English Standard Version of the Bible.

The Virginia Association of Realtors conducted a hearing Wednesday regarding the complaint against Fauber. If found guilty of an ethics violation, he could be fined $5,000 to $15,000 and effectively lose his career as a broker. The National Association of Realtors also can appeal to the government, making the case that Fauber is unworthy of his real estate license.

A ruling was expected as early as this week.

“A lot is at stake,” Fauber told The Daily Signal. “They have the option to remove me from membership in the National Association of Realtors, the Virginia Association of Realtors, and our local association of realtors.”

Fauber also noted that the National Association of Realtors could remove him from the Multiple Listing Service, or MLS, a communication and listing tool for those in the real estate industry. Removal from the MLS “puts you out of business,” he said.

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