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John Farr: Our Morally Superior Nation: Movies That Reflect The Corrosive Influence Of Religious Extremism

With a couple of recent celebrity scandals, a troubling aspect of the American character has reared its head once again: a moral absolutism and extremism fostered largely by the fanatical religious right- be they fundamentalist, evangelical, or the... Full Article at Huffington Post

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