Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, providing for certain religious rights and liberties; authorizing the display of the Ten Commandments on state property and property owned or administrated by a public school or public body; and prohibiting the expenditure of public funds in defense of the constitutionality of this amendment.[1]
Amendment 1 did not require public schools and property to display the Ten Commandments, instead authorizing them by law.[3] A bill was proposed in April 2025 to require the Ten Commandments to be displayed in schools, but did not receive a final vote in theAlabama Senate.[4]
Every person shall be at liberty to worshipGod according to the dictates of his or her own conscience. No person shall be compelled to attend, or, against his or her consent, to contribute to the erection or support of any place of religious worship, or to paytithes,taxes, or other rates for the support of any minister of thegospel. Property belonging to the state may be used to display theTen Commandments, and the right of apublic school and public body to display the Ten Commandments on property owned or administrated by a public school or public body in this state is not restrained or abridged. Thecivil and political rights, privileges, and capacities of no person shall be diminished or enlarged on account of his or her religious belief. Nopublic funds may be expended in defense of the constitutionality of this amendment.
The Ten Commandments shall be displayed in a manner that complies with constitutional requirements, including, but not limited to, being intermingled with historical or educational items, or both, in a larger display within or on property owned or administrated by a public school or public body.
Yes
