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-{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article I, Section 6-a of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Religious Service Protections"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution|text=Added November 2, 2021:
+{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article I, Section 7 of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Appropriations for Sectarian Purposes"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution|text=Adopted February 15, 1876:
-'''This State or a political subdivision of this State may not enact, adopt, or issue a statute, order, proclamation, decision, or rule that prohibits or limits religious services, including religious services conducted in churches, congregations, and places of worship, in this State by a religious organization established to support and serve the propagation of a sincerely held religious belief.'''
+'''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.'''
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-Sections 4 through 7 of Article I, including this new section, concern religion.
+Sections 4 through 7 of Article I, including the recently adopted Section [[Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 6-a|6-a]], concern religion.
-The broadly-worded section was adopted with a vote of 62 percent in favor.
+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.
-It stops officials from using a disaster declaration to close places of worship.
+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 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 6-a of the Texas Constitution ("Religious Service Protections")
+|seo_title=Article I, Section 7 of the Texas Constitution ("Appropriations for Sectarian Purposes")
-|seo_keywords=Article 1 Section 6-a, religious freedom, coronavirus pandemic
+|seo_keywords=Article 1 Section 7, religious appropriations, Blaine Amendments
-|seo_description=This State or a political subdivision of this State may not enact, adopt, or issue a law that prohibits or limits religious services.
+|seo_description=No money shall be appropriated, or drawn from the Treasury for the benefit of any sect, or religious society, theological or religious seminary.
-|seo_published_time=2021-11-025T12:30:30Z
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 [[Category:Texas Bill of Rights]]
+[[Category:Religion Law]]
 [[Category:TxCon ArtI Sec]]