S.C. Const. art. I, § 2
The General Assembly shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof, or abridging the freedom of speech or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble and to petition the government or any department thereof for a redress of grievances.
(1970 (56) 2684; 1971 (57) 315.)
The present provisions of this section are identical to former Section 4 of Article I as it existed prior to the 1971 revision. For similar provisions in Constitution of 1868, see Const 1868, Art I, Section Section 6, 7, 9, 10.