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# O.C.G.A. § 20-3-65. No exclusion from University of Georgia for religious beliefs.

No person of any religious denomination shall be excluded from equal advantages of education and the immunities of the University of Georgia on account of his religious beliefs.

## History

Orig. Code 1863, § 1127; Code 1868, § 1208; Code 1873, § 1203; Ga. L. 1877, p. 17, § 1; Code 1882, § 1203; Civil Code 1895, § 1292; Civil Code 1910, § 1388; Code 1933, § 32-122.

## Cross References

Freedom of conscience, Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. III.

Freedom of religion, U.S. Const., amend. I and Ga. Const. 1983, Art. I, Sec. I, Para. IV.