Legal Opinion
Kirkley v. State of Maryland
District Court, D. Maryland
Decided August 26, 1974No. Civ. Y-74-748PublishedCited by 4 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER
JOSEPH H. YOUNG, District Judge.
Article III, Section 11 of the Constitution of the State of Maryland provides that:
No Minister or Preacher of the Gospel, or of any religious creed, or denomination, and no person holding any civil office of profit, or trust, under this State, except Justices of the Peace, shall be eligible as Senator or Delegate.
In this action plaintiffs seek a declaratory judgment that Section 11 is unconstitutional insofar as it applies to clergymen. Plaintiff Charles Kirkley is a candidate for election to the Maryland House of Delegates and…
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