Rule 3.6. Affiliation

Affiliation with Discriminatory Organizations (a) A judge shall not hold membership in any organization that practices unlawful discrimination on the basis of race, sex, gender, religion, national origin, ethnicity, physical or mental disability, or sexual orientation. When a judge learns that an organization to which the judge belongs engages in unlawful discrimination, the judge must resign immediately from the organization. (b) A judge shall not use the benefits or facilities of an organization if the judge knows or should know that the organization practices unlawful discrimination on one or more of the bases identified in subsection (a). A judge’s attendance at an event in a facility of an organization that the judge is not permitted to join is not a violation of this Rule when the judge’s attendance is an isolated event that could not reasonably be perceived as an endorsement of the organization’s practices. (Effective Jan. 1, 2011.)