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Texas Constitution, Article I, Section 6: Freedom of Worship
Article I, Section 6 protects worship according to conscience, prohibits compulsory support for worship or ministry, rejects legal preference for a religious society or form of worship, and directs the Legislature to protect each denomination's peaceful public worship equally. This is the constitutional text; its application in a particular dispute also requires the relevant law and judicial decisions.
Document details
- Issued or held by
- Texas Legislative Council
- Document type
- Constitutional text
- Document date
- Article I of the Texas Constitution adopted in 1876. The edition read here is the Texas Legislative Council printing current through November 4, 2025; Section 6 appears on printed pages 1 to 2 of that PDF. Adoption date and edition date are separate things.
- Checked by Texas Muslim
- Original
- https://tlc.texas.gov/docs/legref/TxConst.pdf
Texas Muslim does not hold this document and does not reproduce its text. This page is a catalogue entry with an editorial annotation; read the original at the link above.
What this document establishes
- That religious-liberty protection in Texas has a state constitutional basis independent of federal law.
- The text against which state action affecting worship is measured.
What it does not establish
- It does not decide any specific dispute, and constitutional text alone is not case law.
- It does not create or remove any particular religious accommodation.
- Section 6 is a distinct provision from Section 6-a; the two should not be quoted as one.
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