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+{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article I, Section 7 of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Appropriations for Sectarian Purposes"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution|text=Adopted February 15, 1876:
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+'''No money shall be appropriated, or drawn from the Treasury for the benefit of any sect, or religious society, theological or religious seminary; nor shall property belonging to the State be appropriated for any such purposes.'''
-To enshrine truths that are deeply rooted in this nation's history and traditions, the people of Texas hereby affirm that a parent has the responsibility to nurture and protect the parent's child and the corresponding fundamental right to exercise care, custody, and control of the parent's child, including the right to make decisions concerning the child's upbringing.
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-|seo_title=Article I, Section 37 of the Texas Constitution ("...")
+Sections 4 through 7 of Article I, including the recently adopted Section [[Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 6-a|6-a]], concern religion.
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+This section partially overlaps with Article VII, Section [[Texas Constitution:Article VII, Section 5|5]], which prohibits use of the permanent or available school fund to support sectarian schools.
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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.
+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.
+And recently, in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/2023/kp-0439.pdf KP-439] (2023), he opined that this section generally violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.
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+|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_description=No money shall be appropriated for the benefit of any sect, religious society or religious seminary.
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