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Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 6-a (view source)
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Sections 4 through 7 of Article I, including this | Sections 4 through 7 of Article I, including this section, concern religion. | ||
The broadly-worded section was adopted with a vote of 62 percent in favor. | The broadly-worded section was adopted with a vote of 62 percent in favor. | ||
It | It prevents officials from using a disaster decree to close worship places. | ||
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* ''Perez v. City of San Antonio'', | * ''Perez v. City of San Antonio'', 715 S.W.3d 709, [https://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=3463690842371194617#p730 730] (Tex. 2025) ("When the Texas Religious Services Clause applies, its force is absolute and categorical, meaning it forbids governmental prohibitions and limitations on religious services regardless of the government's interest in that limitation or how tailored the limitation is to that interest, but the scope of the clause's applicability is not unlimited, and it does not extend to governmental actions for the preservation and management of public lands. We express no opinion on whether the Free Exercise Clause or the Texas [Religious Freedom Restoration Act] protect the religious liberties Perez asserts . . . .") | ||
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|seo_title=Article I, Section 6-a of the Texas Constitution ("Religious Services Protection") | |seo_title=Article I, Section 6-a of the Texas Constitution ("Religious Services Protection") | ||
|seo_keywords=Article 1 Section 6-a, religious | |seo_keywords=Article 1 Section 6-a, religious liberty, coronavirus pandemic | ||
|seo_description=Texas may not enact, adopt, or issue a law that prohibits or limits religious services. | |seo_description=Texas may not enact, adopt, or issue a law that prohibits or limits religious services. | ||
|seo_published_time=2021-11-02T12:30:30Z | |seo_published_time=2021-11-02T12:30:30Z | ||