Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 7: Difference between revisions

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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:
{{DISPLAYTITLE:Article I, Section 7 of the Texas Constitution (''<small>"Appropriations for Sectarian Purposes"</small>'')}}{{Texas Constitution|text=Adopted February 15, 1876:


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.
'''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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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.


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 generally that the section violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment.
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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