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Texas Constitution:Article I, Section 7 (view source)
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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. | 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 | 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. | ||
However, in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/2023/kp-0439.pdf KP-439] (2023), he recently opined generally that this section violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. | However, in Tex. Att'y Gen. Op. [https://www.texasattorneygeneral.gov/sites/default/files/opinion-files/opinion/2023/kp-0439.pdf KP-439] (2023), he recently opined generally that this section violates the Free Exercise Clause of the First Amendment. | ||