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Re: Atheists, Humanists Suffer Persecution, Discrimination All Over the World

Posted by Olog-hai on Wed Dec 12 14:49:55 2012, in response to Re: Atheists, Humanists Suffer Persecution, Discrimination All Over the World, posted by New Flyer #857 on Wed Dec 12 14:43:51 2012.

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He doesn't understand the free exercise clause. He wants things to be like the USSR's constitution:
In order to ensure to citizens freedom of conscience, the church in the U.S.S.R. is separated from the state, and the school from the church. Freedom of religious worship and freedom of antireligious propaganda is recognized for all citizens.

— 1936 USSR Constitution, Article 124

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.

— 1977 USSR Constitution, Article 52
Note that only religious worship is permitted—not the "free exercise" like under the USA's First Amendment, which includes preaching and teaching, and that all religious schools are banned. Atheists are free to spread their propaganda, though, and are given special status under those constitutional articles.

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