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The Texas Supreme Court has never addressed this section, which prohibits the State from using its money or property to "benefit" a religious group. | The Texas Supreme Court has never addressed this section, which prohibits the State from using its money or property to "benefit" a religious group. | ||
Note that its unique text, which first appeared in a Texas constitution in 1876, is substantively similar to Section [https://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/historical/miconstitution1835.htm 5] of the 1835 Michigan Constitution. | |||
The Texas Attorney General, in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/1973/jh0066.pdf H-66] (1973), opined at length on the constitutionality of the Tuition Equalization Grant Program. | The Texas Attorney General, in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/1973/jh0066.pdf H-66] (1973), opined at length on the constitutionality of the Tuition Equalization Grant Program. | ||
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|seo_title=Article I, Section 7 of the Texas Constitution ("Appropriations for Sectarian Purposes") | |seo_title=Article I, Section 7 of the Texas Constitution ("Appropriations for Sectarian Purposes") | ||
|seo_keywords=Article 1 Section 7, religious appropriations, Blaine Amendments | |seo_keywords=Article 1 Section 7, religious appropriations, Blaine Amendments | ||
|seo_description=No money shall be | |seo_description=No money shall be appropriated for the benefit of any sect, religious society or religious seminary. | ||
|seo_image_alt=Texas Bill of Rights | |seo_image_alt=Texas Bill of Rights | ||