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Iowa
AMENDMENT LANGUAGE
State Constitutional Provision
- Iowa Const. art. I, § 3: "The general assembly shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; nor shall any person be compelled to attend any place of worship, pay tithes, taxes, or other rates for building or repairing places of worship, or the maintenance of any minister, or ministry."
RELEVANT CASES
State Courts
- Rudd v. Ray, 248 N.W.2d 125 (Iowa 1976) (Iowa Supreme Court held that an Iowa statute providing for salaried chaplains and religious facilities at a state penitentiary did not violate the Iowa constitutional provision prohibiting the use of state taxes to fund places of worship and ministers).
- Knowlton v. Baumhover, 166 N.W. 202 (Iowa 1918).
- Moore v. Monroe, 20 N.W. 475 (Iowa 1884).
REPEAL EFFORTS
- See the Heritage Foundation website for a list of state contacts.
© 2003 The Becket Fund for Religious Liberty