It was in the Soviet Constitution. Many militant secularists of today a few decades ago were Communist sympathizers and as such they picked this idea from the wrong constitution. Since they never paid close attention to the American one, no wonder they got confused.
Thanks for reminding everyone, it was in Article 52 of the Soviet constitution.
http://www.oefre.unibe.ch/law/icl/r100000_.html
It was in the Soviet Constitution??? I will have to look that up--I had no idea it was there. Thanks for the information. This could be very helpful when speaking to certain people in my neighborhood.
Yep. I've posted the article several times here. It's Article 52 of the Constitution of the USSR:
Article 52. Citizens of the USSR are guaranteed freedom of conscience, that is, the right to profess or not to profess any religion, and to conduct religious worship or atheistic propaganda. Incitement of hostility or hatred on religious grounds is prohibited. In the USSR, the church is separated from the state, and the school from the church.