Georgia Constitution (1877) also the wording in Georgia's Constitutions of 1945, 1976, 1983:
<PREAMBLE: To perpetuate the principles of free government, insure justice to all, preserve peace, promote the interest and happiness of the citizen ("and of the family" -added 1983) and transmit to posterity the enjoyment of liberty, we, the people of Georgia, relying upon the protection and guidance of Almighty God, do ordain and establish this Constitution.
ARTICLE ON FREEDOM OF CONSCIENCE: All men have the natural and inalienable right to worship God, each according to the dictates of his own conscience, and no human authority should, in any case, control or interfere with such right of conscience.
ARTICLE ON RELIGIOUS OPINIONS: No inhabitant of this State shall be molested in person or property, or prohibited from holding any public office, or trust, on account of his religious opinions; but the right of liberty of conscience shall not be so construed as to excuse acts of licentiousness, or justify practices inconsistent with the peace and safety of the State.> 1877GA001
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Endnotes:
1877GA001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Georgia, 1877, Constitution.