NEW
MEXICO, STATE OF

(January 6, 1912), was the 47th State admitted into the Union. The Constitution of the State of New Mexico, adopted 1911, stated:

Preamble. We, the People of New Mexico, grateful to Almighty God for the blessings of liberty.3735

Article II, Section 2. Every man shall be free to worship God according to the dictates of his own conscience.3736