 | Ava Fran Kahn - History - 2002 - 564 pages
...matters of religious belief: but the liberty of conscience, hereby secured, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this State." I ... 1 RF Morrison followed on the other side. He remarked [ . . . | that the case before... | |
 | Donald B. Kraybill - Law - 2003 - 368 pages
...establishment or mode of worship; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices...inconsistent with the peace or safety of the state, nor shall any money be drawn from the treasury for the benefit of any religious societies or religious... | |
 | James Trapier Ringgold - Sunday legislation - 2003 - 346 pages
...matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience hereby secured shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace or safety of this state. 82, 3. NORTH CAROLINA. All men have a natural and unalienable right to worship Almighty... | |
 | Richard Brookhiser - Biography & Autobiography - 2004 - 284 pages
...offered and carried a small but significant amendment: that liberty of conscience not be construed so "as to excuse acts of licentiousness or justify practices...inconsistent with the peace or safety of the state" (italics added). 4 Jay's motion could have been used to prosecute beliefs; Morris wished to be guarded... | |
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State ; and no person shall be rendered incompetent to be a witness on account of his opinions on matters of religious belief; but the liberty of conscience, hereby secured, shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices... 
