CRC - 2017                                                   P 4
       
       
        
       By Commissioner Martinez
       
       martinezr-00002-17                                       20174__
    1                         A proposal to amend                       
    2         Section 3 of Article I of the State Constitution to
    3         remove the prohibition against using public revenues
    4         in aid of any church, sect, or religious denomination
    5         or any sectarian institution.
    6          
    7  Be It Proposed by the Constitution Revision Commission of
    8  Florida:
    9  
   10         Section 3 of Article I of the State Constitution is amended
   11  to read:
   12                              ARTICLE I                            
   13                        DECLARATION OF RIGHTS                      
   14         SECTION 3. Religious freedom.—There shall be no law
   15  respecting the establishment of religion or prohibiting or
   16  penalizing the free exercise thereof. Religious freedom shall
   17  not justify practices inconsistent with public morals, peace or
   18  safety. No revenue of the state or any political subdivision or
   19  agency thereof shall ever be taken from the public treasury
   20  directly or indirectly in aid of any church, sect, or religious
   21  denomination or in aid of any sectarian institution.