AMERICA'S CHRISTIAN HERITAGE HOMEPAGE
All 50 States Constitutions include
reference to God
civil and religious liberty, and desiring to perpetuate its blessings...
Mississippi - 1890: Preamble: We, the people of Mississippi in convention assembled, grateful to
Almighty God, and invoking His blessing on our work...
Missouri - 1845: Preamble: We, the people of Missouri, with profound reverence for the
Supreme Ruler of the Universe, and grateful for His goodness .. establish this
Constitution ..
Montana - 1889: Preamble: We, the people of Montana, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings
of liberty establish this Constitution ..
Nebraska 1875, Preamble. We, the people, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom .. establish this
Constitution...
Nevada - 1864: Preamble: We the people of the State of Nevada, grateful to Almighty God for our
freedom ... establish this Constitution ..
New Hampshire - 1792: Part I. Art. I. Sec. V.: Every individual has a natural and unalienable right
to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience ...
New Jersey - 1844: Preamble: We, the people of the State of New Jersey, grateful to Almighty God
for civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy, and
looking to Him for a blessing on our endeavors.
New Mexico - 1911: Preamble ; We, the People of New Mexico, grateful to Almighty God for the
blessings of liberty ..
New York - 1846: Preamble: We, the people of the State of New York, grateful to Almighty God for
our freedom, in order to secure its blessings...
North Carolina - 1868: Preamble: We the people of the State of North Carolina, grateful to
Almighty God, the Sovereign Ruler of Nations, for our civil, political,
and religious liberties, and acknowledging our dependence upon Him for
the continuance of those...
North Dakota - 1889: Preamble: We, the people of North Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for the
blessings of civil and religious liberty, do ordain...
Ohio - 1852: Preamble: We the people of the state of Ohio, grateful to Almighty God for our freedom,
to secure its blessings and to promote our common...
Oklahoma - 1907: Preamble: Invoking the guidance of Almighty God, in order to secure and
perpetuate the blessings of liberty ... establish this constitution...
Oregon - 1857: Bill of Rights, Article I. Section 2.: All men shall be secure in the Natural right,
to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their consciences..
Pennsylvania - 1776: Preamble.: We, the people of Pennsylvania, grateful to Almighty God for the
blessings of civil and religious liberty, and humbly invoking His guidance...
Rhode Island - 1842: Preamble: We the People of the State of Rhode Island grateful to Almighty God
for the civil and religious liberty which He hath so long permitted us to enjoy,
and looking to Him for a blessing...
South Carolina - 1778: Preamble: We, the people of the State of South Carolina grateful to God
for our liberties, do ordain and establish this Constitution...
South Dakota - 1889: Preamble: We, the people of South Dakota, grateful to Almighty God for our
civil and religious liberties . establish this Constitution...
Tennessee - 1796: Art. XI.III.: That all men have a natural and indefeasible right to worship
Almighty God according to the dictates of their conscience...
Texas - 1845: Preamble: We the People of the Republic of Texas, acknowledging, with gratitude,
the grace and beneficence of God...
Utah - 1896: Preamble: Grateful to Almighty God for life and liberty, we establish this Constitution.. .
Vermont - 1777: Preamble: Whereas all government ought to ... enable the individuals who compose
it to enjoy their natural rights, and other blessings which the Author of Existence
has bestowed on man ...
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