ARIZONA, BILL OF RIGHTS, Section 12: The liberty of conscience shall not be construed to excuse acts of licentiousness....
CALIFORNIA, DECLARATION OF RIGHTS, Article 1, Section 4: ... The liberty of conscience does not excuse acts that are licentious....
DELAWARE, BILL OF RIGHTS, Article 1, Section 1: ...it is the duty of all men to frequently assemble together for public worship of Almighty God [YHWH]; and piety and morality, on which the prosperity of communities depend are hereby promoted....
MARYLAND, BILL OF RIGHTS, Article 36: ...it is the duty of every man to worship God [YHWH]; and piety and morality, on which the prosperity of communities depend are hereby promoted....
MASSACHUSETTS, DECLARATION OF RIGHTS, Article 2: It is the right as well as the duty of all men in society, publicly and at stated sessions, to worship the Supreme Being [YHWH], the great Creator and Preserver of the universe.
Article 3: As the happiness of a people and the good order and preservation of civil government essentially depend upon the piety, religion and morality.... And every denomination of Christians....
MINNESOTA, BILL OF RIGHTS, Section 16: ... The right of every man to worship God [YHWH] according to the dictates of his own conscience shall never be infringed ... the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness....
MISSISSIPPI, BILL OF RIGHTS, Section 18: ... 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.
NEBRASKA, BILL OF RIGHTS, Article 1, Section 4: All persons have a natural indefeasible right to worship Almighty God [YHWH] according to the dictates of their own conscience.... Religion, morality, and knowledge, being essential to good government, it shall be the duty of the legislature to pass suitable laws to protect every religious denomination in the peaceful enjoyment of its own mode of public worship....
NEW HAMPSHIRE, BILL OF RIGHTS, Article 6: As morality and piety, rightly grounded on high principles, will give the best and greatest security to government, and will allay, in the hearts of men, the strongest obligations to due subjection; and as the knowledge of these is most likely to be propagated through society, therefore, the several parishes, bodies, corporate, or religious societies, shall at all times have the right of electing their own teachers, and of contracting with them for their support and maintenance, or both....
OHIO, BILL OF RIGHTS, Section 7: All men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship Almighty God [YHWH] according to the dictates of their own conscience.... Religion, morality, and knowledge, however, being essential to good government....
VIRGINIA, BILL OF RIGHTS, Article 1, Section 16: That religion or the duty which we owe our Creator [YHWH]... it is the mutual duty of all to practice Christian forbearance, love, and charity towards each other....
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