Real estate had been Hadassah Carter’s “ministry” for years. A well-known agent in Virginia’s Chesterfield County, Carter reassured potential clients that their interests would take priority. “God comes first and equal to him, my clients come first,” her website’s personal statement read, closing with the phrase “In God We Trust” alongside a Bible verse, John 3:16.

But according to the Virginia Real Estate Board, Carter’s religious beliefs have no place in her professional life. In 2017, regulators told Carter she needed to remove the religious statements from her website and email signature, which read, “For Faith and Freedom, Jesus Loves You, and with God All things are possible …” Such comments were “associated with Christianity” and thus indicate a “preference or limitation based on religion, in violation of the Virginia Fair Housing Law,” according to the News Virginian.