PENNSYLVANIA, January 20 - corporation or association, unless based upon membership in such

association or corporation, or except where based upon

applicable security regulations established by the United States

or the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania:

(a) For any employer because of the race, color, religious

creed, ancestry, age, sex, national origin or non-job related

handicap or disability or the use of a guide or support animal

because of the blindness, deafness or physical handicap of any

individual or independent contractor, to refuse to hire or

employ or contract with, or to bar or to discharge from

employment such individual or independent contractor, or to

otherwise discriminate against such individual or independent

contractor with respect to compensation, hire, tenure, terms,

conditions or privileges of employment or contract, if the

individual or independent contractor is the best able and most

competent to perform the services required. The [provision]

provisions of this paragraph shall not apply, to (1) operation

of the terms or conditions of any bona fide retirement or

pension plan which have the effect of a minimum service

requirement, (2) operation of the terms or conditions of any

bona fide group or employe insurance plan, (3) age limitations

placed upon entry into bona fide apprenticeship programs of two

years or more approved by the State Apprenticeship and Training

Council of the Department of Labor and Industry, established by

the act of July 14, 1961 (P.L.604, No.304), known as "The

Apprenticeship and Training Act." Notwithstanding any provision

of this clause, it shall not be an unlawful employment practice

for a religious corporation or association to hire or employ on

the basis of sex in those certain instances where sex is a bona

fide occupational qualification because of the religious

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