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CAROLINA CONSTITUTION Acknowledgment of God None Religion
Clauses 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.
Education
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.
Finance/Property Tax 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 . . . .
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