Article I, section
2
The General Assembly shall make no law respecting an
establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging
the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to
assemble and to petition the government or any department thereof for a redress
of grievances.
Article III, section
26
Members of the General Assembly, and all officers, before
they enter upon the duties of their respective offices, and all members of the
bar, before they enter upon the practice of their profession, shall take and
subscribe the following oath: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am duly
qualified, according to the Constitution of this State, to exercise the duties
of the office to which I have been elected, (or appointed), and that I will, to
the best of my ability, discharge the duties thereof, and preserve, protect and
defend the Constitution of this State and of the United States. So help me God."
Article VI, section
5
Members of the General Assembly, and all officers, before
they enter upon the duties of their respective offices, and all members of the
bar, before they enter upon the practice of their profession, shall take and
subscribe the following oath: "I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am duly
qualified, according to the Constitution of this State, to exercise the duties
of the office to which I have been elected, (or appointed), and that I will, to
the best of my ability, discharge the duties thereof, and preserve, protect, and
defend the Constitution of this State and of the United States. So help me God."
Article XIII, section
1
The militia of this State shall consist of all able-bodied
male citizens of the State between the ages of eighteen and forty-five years,
except such persons as are now or may be exempted by the laws of the United
States or this State, or who from religious scruples may be adverse to bearing
arms, and shall be organized, officered, armed, equipped and disciplined as the
General Assembly may by law direct.
Article XI, section
4
No money shall be paid from public funds nor shall the
credit of the State or any of its political subdivisions be used for the direct
benefit of any religious or other private educational institution.
Article X, section
3
There shall be exempt from ad valorem taxation:
(a) all property of the State, counties, municipalities,
school districts and other political subdivisions, if the property is used
exclusively for public purposes;
(b) all property of all schools, colleges and other
institutions of learning and all charitable institutions in the nature of
hospitals and institutions caring for the infirmed, the handicapped, the aged,
children and indigent persons, except where the profits of such institutions are
applied to private use;
(c) all property of all public libraries, churches,
parsonages and burying grounds;
(d) all property of all charitable trusts and foundations
used exclusively for charitable and public purposes