From: Bill Lucy 

In article <3924ce17$1{at}w3.nls.net>, si{at}wvi.com says...
> In the cases I've heard recently, it's actually been the cities that are
doing the harassing, trying to limit the size of services to ridiculously
low numbers (70 people in a church built for 700 person services, etc...)
>
> AFIAK, the Oregon Constitution has Religious Freedom written into it.


From the Constitution of the State of Oregon:

Article I.
Bill of Rights

Section 2. Freedom of worship. All men shall be secure in the Natural
right, to worship Almighty God according to the dictates of their own
consciences.-

Section 3. Freedom of religious opinion. No law shall in any case whatever
control the free exercise, and enjoyment of religeous (sic) opinions, or
interfere with the rights of conscience.-

Section 4. No religious qualification for office. No religious test shall
be required as a qualification for any office of trust or profit.-

Section 5. No money to be appropriated for religion. No money shall be
drawn from the Treasury for the benefit of any religeous (sic), or
theological institution, nor shall any money be appropriated for the
payment of any religeous (sic) services in either house of the Legislative
Assembly.-

Section 6. No religious test for witnesses or jurors. No person shall be
rendered incompetent as a witness, or juror in consequence of his opinions
on matters of religeon (sic); nor be questioned in any Court of Justice
touching his religeous (sic) belief to affect the weight of his testimony.-

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