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July 26, 2015
The religious have gone insane: The separation of church and state — and Scalia from his mind
From Salon
The headline on the News Nerd was almost too good to be true: American Psychological Association to Classify Belief in God As a Mental Illness. A study, the story beneath it read, had led the APA to conclude that a strong and passionate belief in a deity or higher power, to the point where it impairs ones ability to make conscientious decisions about common sense matters, will now be classified as a mental illness.
http://www.salon.com/2015/07/26/the_religious_have_gone_insane_the_separation_of_church_and_state_and_scalia_from_his_mind/
GREAT article. worth the full read.
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