Senate Bill 0052
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Florida Senate - 1999 SB 52
By Senator Grant
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1 A bill to be entitled
2 An act relating to religious freedom;
3 authorizing the display of the Ten Commandments
4 on public property; providing an effective
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7 WHEREAS, the Declaration of Independence declares that
8 governments are instituted to secure certain unalienable
9 rights, including life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness,
10 with which all human beings are endowed by their Creator and
11 to which they are entitled by the laws of nature and of
12 nature's God, and
13 WHEREAS, the organic laws of the United States Code and
14 the constitutions of every state, using various expressions,
15 recognize God as the source of the blessings of liberty, and
16 WHEREAS, the First Amendment to the Constitution of the
17 United States and Section 3, Article I of the State
18 Constitution secure rights against laws respecting an
19 establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise
20 thereof, and
21 WHEREAS, disputes and doubts have arisen with respect
22 to public displays of the Ten Commandments, NOW, THEREFORE,
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24 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Florida:
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26 Section 1. DISPLAY OF TEN COMMANDMENTS.--The Ten
27 Commandments may be displayed on or within property owned or
28 administered by the state or its political subdivisions.
29 Section 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a
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2 SENATE SUMMARY
3 Authorizes the display of the Ten Commandments on public
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