Miss. Const. art. 3, § 18
- Constitution
- Constitution of Mississippi
- Text as of
- October 2026
What does this section say?
No religious test as a qualification for office shall be required; and no preference shall be given by law to any religious sect or mode of worship; but the free enjoyment of all religious sentiments and the different modes of worship shall be held sacred. The rights hereby secured shall not be construed to justify acts of licentiousness injurious to morals or dangerous to the peace and safety of the state, or to exclude the Holy Bible from use in any public school of this state. SOURCES: 1817 art I §§3and 4; 1832 art I §§3 and 4; 1869 art I §23.
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