All men have a natural and indefeasible right to
worship Almighty God according to the dictates of
their own conscience. No person shall be compelled
to attend, erect, or support any place of worship, or
maintain any form of worship, against his consent; and
no preference shall be given, by law, to any religious
society; nor shall any interference with the rights of
conscience be permitted. No religious test shall be required,
as a qualification for office, nor shall any person
be incompetent to be a witness on account of his
religious belief; but nothing herein shall be construed
to dispense with oaths and affirmations. Religion,
morality, and knowledge, however, being essential to
good government, it shall be the duty of the General
Assembly to pass suitable laws, to protect every religious
denomination in the peaceable enjoyment of its
own mode of public worship, and to encourage schools
and the means of instruction.
Structure Ohio constitution