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|contents= | |contents=Ireland’s first constitution resulted from a bilateral agreement in 1922 with the British Empire that granted Ireland independent sovereignty. Article 8 of the Constitution of the Irish Free State Act states, “Freedom of conscience and the free profession and practice of religion are, subject to public order and morality, guaranteed to every citizen, and no law may be made either directly or indirectly to endow any religion, or prohibit or restrict the free exercise thereof or give any preference, or impose any disability on account of religious belief or religious status, or affect prejudicially the right of any child to attend a school receiving public money without attending the religious instruction at the school, or make any discrimination as respects State aid between schools under the management of different religious denominations, or divert from any religious denomination or any educational institution any of its property except for the purpose of roads, railways, lighting, water or drainage works or other works of public utility, and on payment of compensation.” | ||
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Book (eISB), electronic Irish Statute. n.d. “Electronic Irish Statute Book (EISB).” Www.irishstatutebook.ie. Accessed | |||
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https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1922/act/1/enacted/en/print#:~:text=AN%20ACT%20TO%20ENACT%20 | |||
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Latest revision as of 05:15, 12 August 2024
What is the oldest written source in this country that mentions this right?
Republic of Ireland
Ireland’s first constitution resulted from a bilateral agreement in 1922 with the British Empire that granted Ireland independent sovereignty. Article 8 of the Constitution of the Irish Free State Act states, “Freedom of conscience and the free profession and practice of religion are, subject to public order and morality, guaranteed to every citizen, and no law may be made either directly or indirectly to endow any religion, or prohibit or restrict the free exercise thereof or give any preference, or impose any disability on account of religious belief or religious status, or affect prejudicially the right of any child to attend a school receiving public money without attending the religious instruction at the school, or make any discrimination as respects State aid between schools under the management of different religious denominations, or divert from any religious denomination or any educational institution any of its property except for the purpose of roads, railways, lighting, water or drainage works or other works of public utility, and on payment of compensation.”
References:
Book (eISB), electronic Irish Statute. n.d. “Electronic Irish Statute Book (EISB).” Www.irishstatutebook.ie. Accessed June 21, 2024. https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1922/act/1/enacted/en/print#:~:text=AN%20ACT%20TO%20ENACT%20