So Im looking for a roommate on Craigslist

[EricaLubarsky]

and I get the following message.

# you can be fined more than $10,000 for each discriminatory ad, plus damages in court, plus loss of license if you are a professional

# avoid phrases which could be interpreted as discriminating by race/color/origin (e.g. "hispanic area" or "asian building"), religion (e.g. "christian household"), age / familial status (e.g. "no kids" or "prefer student"), disability, or sexual orientation

http://www.craigslist.org/about/FHA.html

I'm looking for a young person like myself, female preferred, maybe a student and I definitely dont want kids (its a tiny 2-bedroom), but if I post those preferences I can not only be fined $10,000 I can also be sued?!? So instead of being free to ask whatever I want in an ad, I had to put a generic ad up and screen calls (about 35 so far, all out of the age range I wanted or with kids, or male...)

Just seems pretty ridiculous. I mean I'm not posting anything offensive. It's not like I'm a huge property manager trying to keep the city segregated on racial lines. I'm just looking to sublet a 2bedroom apartment I leased in my name.

Government gone to far.