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CONSTITUTION Acknowledgment of God
Preamble. We, the people of the State of Florida, being
grateful to Almighty God for our constitutional liberty, in order to secure its
benefits, perfect our government, insure domestic tranquility, maintain public
order, and guarantee equal civil and political rights to all, do ordain and establish
this constitution.
Religion Clauses Article
I, section 2. All natural persons, female and male alike, are
equal before the law and have inalienable rights, among which are the right to
enjoy and defend life and liberty, to pursue happiness, to be rewarded for industry,
and to acquire, possess and protect property; except that the ownership, inheritance,
disposition and possession of real property by aliens ineligible for citizenship
may be regulated or prohibited by law. No person shall be deprived of any right
because of race, religion, national origin, or physical disability.
Article
I, section 3. There shall be no law respecting the establishment
of religion or prohibiting or penalizing the free exercise thereof. Religious
freedom shall not justify practices inconsistent with public morals, peace or
safety. No revenue of the state or any political subdivision or agency thereof
shall ever be taken from the public treasury directly or indirectly in aid of
any church, sect, or religious denomination or in aid of any sectarian institution.
Article X, section 2. (a) The militia shall
be composed of all able bodied inhabitants of the state who are or have declared
their intention to become citizens of the United States; and no person because
of religious creed or opinion shall be exempted from military duty except upon
conditions provided by law.
Education Article
IX, section 6. The income derived from the state school fund
shall, and the principal of the fund may, be appropriated, but only to the support
and maintenance of free public schools.
Finance/Property
Tax Article VII, section 3. (a) All property
owned by a municipality and used exclusively by it for municipal or public purposes
shall be exempt from taxation. A municipality, owning property outside the municipality,
may be required by general law to make payment to the taxing unit in which the
property is located. Such portions of property as are used predominantly for educational,
literary, scientific, religious or charitable purposes may be exempted by general
law from taxation.
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