Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion ( 1943 )

OFFICE OF THE A?TORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS
AUSTIN
tioh we Quot., ln
en (I&) mInIat. during the
. ID the noon hour oondder-
ostho rahool6a``
'I am *loo iaiormed that thlr ‘relligiour lnrtruo-
tion, 18 OS 8 Qwt1ouhr dbzia8inbtloa OP 8QOt ox-
oluriroly, end 18 aot merely 6OXWti lnrtrwtloa ln
PO11&$Oa. T h 8M g u lalheolhour8uw
r framSto0
A.M. to 4tOO P.M. during the day.*
Pou rtrtb thet you uw Informed that the lnrtruotlon
18 Of e PWtiOti- dmcnniMtiOlL '2hi8 OpiniOl3 i8 OQrO8Bl~
Honorbblo Joha 0. Yarbur@r, Q~O /a
rritka On th. a88UQtiOA tbnt suoh iniMtiOn 18 oomot,
end It la rooordirrgly
oo llmlted.
It 18 wu ~IIOWII
that 0~ Of th0 6PUIO8 Of the 20-8
rp;,ia ~a8 the aforoed MtlOnrJ r8llgloaof the Rapubllo
A8 l 8OMOQUMIO0, b@rh%Ih ~OVi81OIh8. WOOP• inO~U6-
ld la OUF*~Oll8titUtiOtt to dlromr th8 rhurah f&8 tho dkta
and to @wantee abrolute reli OU8 hsednr. 88otion8 6 and
7 ot ow Bill of alghta(Artlo 1 of the Tuaa Corutltutlon)
r@tLd2'88peOti+@~ a8 iO33OTS@
,688. 6. All am hat. a aetuml uad Indo-
t to wrr8hlp Alalghtr God aboord-
Oat08 Of theil,Om eOKl801OtIOO8.
MO man ahall be ooxt~elledto attoad, rreot or
mlppo~t any plao. of WOr8hip, or to rul.mtaln
tinyminirt~ e@i.xUt hl8 OOn8.t. IO hymn
~uthorlt ought, In aq oap* mhatevot, to oon-
trelor In tbrfWr with the right8 of,ooarotenco
In utter8 of relligion,and n0 pretwonoe rhlll
6ver be given by law to any r~ellglou5 society or
mode or uorshlp. But it shall be tka dut of'
tb ``i8letUW to p&58 ruoh &LU8 88 mrj L
Ii40088W~ t0 pZ?OteCtl Q-u W8m Zeli&OW
duuu8iaation ia thd paoeab 1 0 l njoymeat of it8
om mod& or pub110 worahlp.o
%*o. 7. Ho MDOJ ahall be appropriated, or
dim rp0raw ~r~8 uqs the benoilt OS y
8eOt; or Z+miOU8 800 0 , ~tiO&Oti Or M
1161OU8 8-l MC proport bolong3ag
to the state be approprlahdror any 8u0h pur-
jm808.W
bootion 6 OS Artlcla VII, aonrtltutlon of Texar, pro-
VidO8, in &MI+, &I fOuOV8:
’ 04 l And no law &all ever bo maoted ap
oay pert oi the poraenent or arall-
fUXbdtO~otber~8. tit.Wsri
Eono~ Johll 0. mrbwgrr, page #S
aar dmll the ume, or
U& 8W&5Uic80f#01J l 0 l “. 8U a180 &tie
, . . .
ThW p~0~i8101i8 ~0~0 bOfOF0 thr sU~r8W GOId Of
T-8 ia tb U8a Of -Oh eta l. ta h r llOOl
kt ti., 1 09
6.1. ll.6. Ia that U(LM It RI hold in *Shot that the hold-
ingo imc dnglxmalrer ln t&o pbllo 8oh0018 8hloh oon-
8lrtd of tuedlag by the
tuohor rlthout ooameat of .non800-
Wirn UtreOt8 irao th0 Blblo, &nd th, 8lnglrr&Of aPPrOoprl-
mugs, in uhloh the pap118 were lntlkd but aot rsqulrad
to jola, wu eotlonablo uader the abow quoted prori-
81OPI Of tb 8u al80 Na.ffes t8 Board 0r
Eduaetlon (Wish.), 77 f. U. P60~ People u ml. Oollmar ve
S~.U~OJ (Cola. , eb6 ?. 610~ mOk5tt fe Brook8vlll0 (Iraded
6ohoOl Wit., IIQ.), 87 8. I. 798) ~tO~WI8OlI 1, Fi8nyon, 7 k.
Dirt. 1. 666. H0WW.P~ th0 OOUPt splphrtioall~8tim88Od t&O
p o la ttb ettblx``I~s~o````l~lno~o~r. w*
QUO- the f~llo~lng from th8 opinion of the oourt:
’ l + l It 8O8 tb5 PUrpOW Of th0 cOll5titU-
tlolr
to forbid Uie u6e of publlofund8 for tha
8uppO?t of any pertiotier dmKdnatiOn of ro-
li&orU PO 10, Wh0-r th’3J b8 OhPi8tirn, OF
of otbr lpoP lgfoa.e."
mdri6r0, 8XWOi808 ThiCh would holUd0 UiJ OXQl'O88iOXl
reptmeaWt6tho peoullaror dl8tinatlntlew.6rdo6wot uy
Hot or duurirution would not ba taon8eoteriath Such lXWOiU8
would ba ia +lol~tlon
OS our Conrtltution.
ItkcCorQtl8
&Pi8 (&fOl'JMle, p-08 w, 913) it 18 8trt-
ld that tbm 18 aom a tmdeno both ln oonrtltutlonE1 prorl-
810``8and In judloal oon8truot 3 on to exeludr any rollglou8 in-
8tZ’UOtiOfl lIlth0 pub110 8OhO018. See r380 16 C. J., No. 604.
&U supnV aOUFt in the mlb~k Oa#O ha8 not 6OM tbrt tOr,
but it definitely omaultted ltaelfto the doutrlnethat If ro-
li&iOW UWO18.8 @PO hrld, they EUBt b 8tl’iotly nOMOOt~;eIi
in ehamato?. You rtrto that the ln8truotlozr Is .of a partlou-
Lu dwnmlmtioa or 8eot erolwlr~l~ and Ir not merely general
lwtrwtlaa in r*llgloP.' Your first quartionIs, therefore,
uu~med b tha negatlvo.
l.!
YOU S8k tithSF thS LlooLI hOW 18 PU’t Of thb 8OhOO1
day. There doubt thatunderArt1010R906,Retl8ed
ou1 bo DO
OiViL.8titUt@8, it IS. 800 that pert of Artlole 0906 whioh
provide81
.A .OhOO~ mOZ&h 8hdl OOIlli8t Oi tlOt 1088 thrn
tibatr 8ohooldrp8, lnoluslto of h0lld~78, and
shall bs tau& for not 1088 thaa 8woa hours
ilItOti88iOn8 & ~eOOUb8.0
gL$iEi: sii$$Fif
However, won without this statute ss think that ths
noonhourmuldbs a QIst of ths 8ShooldAy. ThO baud of frw-
tee6 drtWmin.8 th6 time U.d tOZl&h Of Z'tJOOS8O8~and thr 8tU-
dents sre SubjeOt t0 tie SUpOmi8iOn Ot t&O 8OhOOl authoritior.
Tour 8eoond question IS, ttrsreioro, uurered in tie afilrmatlYe.
You ark the ooMeotion
rsoond with the ot-
qu.stion in
iWing of X’S1iglOUS i.MtZUOtiOa
sohool. in m
W@ think it
propw to 8ktS ths lolloring rule uznounoed by the Supreme
how
Court In Joralgen v. F'laley, 90 Tu. 206, 58 S. 7i. 24, in con-
stzwlng that part OS Saotion 6, Art1010 vxx of the Constitution
tioh we heye heretofor. qtlotodc
sThs Lsglsleture osnnot do by lmllrootlon
whst It oamot do dlrsotly.m
W* think
thl8 r ulinglppllos to all three.of the oon-
8titUtiOti proYl8lon8 under oon8ideratlon. In other 8Orb8,
th8 rohool oennot ofrer religlow inrtruotlon of a seotarlen
ohsractar ragerdlu8 0r when or how It 18 oftered. The 00h001
osmot do by lndireotlon whst It oennotdo dlreotl7.
Wr wish to thank you tar your very able brief.