Ky. Const. § 5

Section 5 Right of religious freedom.

No preference shall ever be given by law to any religious sect, society or

denomination; nor to any particular creed, mode of worship or system of ecclesiastical

polity; nor shall any person be compelled to attend any place of worship, to contribute to

the erection or maintenance of any such place, or to the salary or support of any minister

of religion; nor shall any man be compelled to send his child to any school to which he

may be conscientiously opposed; and the civil rights, privileges or capacities of no person

shall be taken away, or in anywise diminished or enlarged, on account of his belief or

disbelief of any religious tenet, dogma or teaching. No human authority shall, in any case

whatever, control or interfere with the rights of conscience.

Text as Ratified on: August 3, 1891, and revised September 28, 1891.

History: Not yet amended.