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Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 11-d

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Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 11-b

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Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 11-a

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Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 11

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Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 10

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Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 9

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Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 8

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Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 7

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Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 6-a

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Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 6

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	This section is derived from the 1845 Texas Constitution, which provided: "All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship God according to the dictates of their own consciences; no man shall be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; no human authority ought, in any case whatever, to control or interfere with the rights of conscience in matters of religion; and no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious societies or mode of worship; but it shall be the duty of the Legislature to pass such laws as may be necessary to protect every religious denomination in the peaceable enjoyment of their own mode of public worship."		This section is derived from the 1845 Texas Constitution, which provided: "All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship God according to the dictates of their own consciences; no man shall be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; no human authority ought, in any case whatever, to control or interfere with the rights of conscience in matters of religion; and no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious societies or mode of worship; but it shall be the duty of the Legislature to pass such laws as may be necessary to protect every religious denomination in the peaceable enjoyment of their own mode of public worship."

	And also note that it is textually similar to the provisions concerning religion contained in the early state constitutions of Delaware (1776), Pennsylvania (1790), Tennessee (1796), and Kentucky (1799). For example, the Kentucky Declaration of Rights provided: "That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; that no man shall be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority ought, in any case whatever, to control or interfere with the rights of conscience; and that no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious societies or modes of worship."		And also note that it is textually similar to the provisions concerning religion contained in the early state constitutions of Delaware (1776 & 1792), Pennsylvania (1776 & 1790), Tennessee (1796), and Kentucky (1799). For example, the 1799 Kentucky Declaration of Rights provided: "That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own consciences; that no man shall be compelled to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his consent; that no human authority ought, in any case whatever, to control or interfere with the rights of conscience; and that no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious societies or modes of worship."

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Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 5

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Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 4

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Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 3-a

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Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 3

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Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 2

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Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 1

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Texas Constitution:Article I

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