Preamble
We, the people of the State of
Article I, section
6
The mode of administering an oath, or affirmation, shall be
such as may be most consistent with and binding upon the conscience of the
person to whom such oath, or affirmation, may be administered.
Article I, section
11
Absolute freedom of conscience in all matters of religious
sentiment, belief and worship, shall be guaranteed to every individual, and no
one shall be molested or disturbed in person or property on account of religion;
but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to
excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices inconsistent with the peace
and safety of the state. No public money or property shall be appropriated for
or applied to any religious worship, exercise or instruction, or the support of
any religious establishment: PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That this article shall not be
so construed as to forbid the employment by the state of a chaplain for such of
the state custodial, correctional, and mental institutions, or by a county's or
public hospital district's hospital, health care facility, or hospice, as in the
discretion of the legislature may seem justified. No religious qualification
shall be required for any public office or employment, nor shall any person be
incompetent as a witness or juror, in consequence of his opinion on matters of
religion, nor be questioned in any court of justice touching his religious
belief to affect the weight of his testimony.
Article X, section
6
No person or persons, having conscientious scruples against
bearing arms, shall be compelled to do militia duty in time of peace: Provided,
such person or persons shall pay an equivalent for such exemption.
Article IX, section
1
It is the paramount duty of the state to make ample
provision for the education of all children residing within its borders, without
distinction or preference on account of race, color, caste, or sex.
Article IX, section
4
All schools maintained or supported wholly or in part by
the public funds shall be forever free from sectarian control or influence.
Article VII, section
1
The power of taxation shall never be suspended, surrendered
or contracted away. All taxes shall be uniform upon the same class of property
within the territorial limits of the authority levying the tax and shall be
levied and collected for public purposes only. The word "property" as used
herein shall mean and include everything, whether tangible or intangible,
subject to ownership. All real estate shall constitute one class: Provided, That
the legislature may tax mines and mineral resources and lands devoted to
reforestation by either a yield tax or an ad valorem tax at such rate as it may
fix, or by both. Such property as the legislature may by general laws provide
shall be exempt from taxation. Property of the