Bill Text: TX SJR10 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Proposing a constitutional amendment relating to an individual's or religious organization's freedom of religion.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 4)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-13 - Co-author authorized [SJR10 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SJR10-Introduced.html
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| By: Campbell | S.J.R. No. 10 | |
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| proposing a constitutional amendment relating to an individual's or | ||
| religious organization's freedom of religion. | ||
| BE IT RESOLVED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 6, Article I, Texas Constitution, is | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 6. (a) All men have a natural and indefeasible right | ||
| to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own | ||
| consciences. No man shall be compelled to attend, erect or support | ||
| any place of worship, or to maintain any ministry against his | ||
| consent. No human authority ought, in any case whatever, to control | ||
| or interfere with the rights of conscience in matters of religion, | ||
| and no preference shall ever be given by law to any religious | ||
| society or mode of worship. | ||
| (b) Government may not burden an individual's or religious | ||
| organization's freedom of religion or right to act or refuse to act | ||
| in a manner motivated by a sincerely held religious belief unless | ||
| the government proves that the burden is in furtherance of a | ||
| compelling governmental interest and is the least restrictive means | ||
| of furthering that interest. For purposes of this subsection, the | ||
| term "burden" includes indirect burdens such as withholding | ||
| benefits, assessing penalties, and denying access to facilities or | ||
| programs. | ||
| (c) But it shall be the duty of the Legislature to pass such | ||
| laws as may be necessary to protect equally every religious | ||
| denomination in the peaceable enjoyment of its own mode of public | ||
| worship. | ||
| SECTION 2. This proposed constitutional amendment shall be | ||
| submitted to the voters at an election to be held November 3, 2015. | ||
| The ballot shall be printed to provide for voting for or against the | ||
| proposition: "The constitutional amendment relating to an | ||
| individual's or religious organization's freedom of religion." | ||
