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poruchik_sr — 30.06.2015 GOVERNOR GREG ABBOTT
POST OFFICE BOX 12428 AUSTIN, TEXAS
78711512-463-2000(VOICE)
Date: June 26, 2015
To: All State Agency Heads
Re: Preserving Religious Liberty for all Texans
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This Nation was founded by people who sought a place to worship God according to the dictates of conscience and free from government coercion. It is therefore no coincidence that the freedom of religion is the very first freedom guaranteed by the U.S. Constitution. As leaders of this State, we have an obligation to secure the right of all Texans to live their lives according to the principles of their religious faith. The Constitutions and laws of the United States and of this State afford robust protections for religious liberty:

● The First Amendment to the United States Constitution provides that the government “shall make no law . . . prohibiting the free exercise” of religion.

● Article I of the Texas Constitution provides that “[n]o human authority ought, in any case
whatever, to control or interfere with the rights of c
onscience in matters of religion.”

● Chapter 110 of the Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code, the Texas Religious Freedom
Restoration Act, provides that the State, its agencies, its political subdivisions, and municipalities
“may not substantially burden a person’s free exercise of religion” unless the agency can prove that the burden “is in furtherance of a compelling governmental interest” “and is the least restrictive means of furthering that interest.”

http://www.scribd.com/doc/269784007/State-AgencyHeads-SCOTUS-Rulin-06262015

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