Landlord rejects tenant application because they are unmarried

A landlord’s bizarre contract has been exposed online after a Christian couple were denied tenancy for ticking one wrong box.

A couple in the US have shared their bizarre altercation with a landlord who denied their application because they said they were Christian.

The couple were asked to answer a questionnaire when applying for the property, with the landlord asking if they’d have a problem with him “expressing his faith” around them.

Tenants were able to put down that they were not Christian but didn’t have an issue with the landlord expressing their faith.

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The landlord asked about religion on the bizarre form.

The couple — who are unmarried — ticked that they were indeed Christian, which apparently was the wrong move.

He responded to their application with a lengthy email warning them living together outside of wedlock is a sin and began quoting Corinthians and referring to God as “dad”.

A couple in the US have shared their bizarre altercation with a landlord who denied their application because they said they were Christian. Source: Christina Mayo

He responded to their application with a lengthy email warning them living together out of wedlock is a sin and began quoting Corinthians and referring to God as ‘dad’. Source: Christina Mayo

He said the pair were free to make their own choices but refused to “aid and abet choices that disobey dad” before claiming everything that has gone wrong in their lives is a result of sin.

“Technically because you are Christian and unmarried, had you marked the ‘not Christian’ box I would have gone ahead with the application review,” the landlord texted the woman.

“So because we were honest on the application like you asked, you’re not going to review the application any further? You’re passing judgment and I’m sure God wouldn’t like that, that’s a sin in itself,” the woman responded.

The area code on the application indicated the property was located in Memphis, Tennessee.

Originally published as Landlord rejects tenant application because they are unmarried