Reverent & Free flags a Kevin Leininger column about an applicant to the Indiana bar who is apparently being denied admission based on mental illness manifesting itself in the form of zealous religious beliefs. Leininger says it raises “alarming questions.”
I disagree. The questions are only alarming if Leininger is suggesting there is no fundamental difference between mental illness and deeply held religious belief. Leininger seems to be suggesting that, when mental illness masquerades as religious belief, the bar admission process should ignore it.
“deeply delusional” is no bar to being in the bar !
*cough*OrlyTaitz*cough*
*cough*GaryWelsh*cough*
I think there should be a test for newspaper columnists.
Leininger’s column was a bit of a mess, and it was hard to follow his point, but as best as I can make it out, the “troubling question” is whether the Board of Law Examiners is equating religious fervor with mental illness. I certainly won’t take the Plaintiff’s word for it, but I suppose the Complaint does raise troubling questions in that sense. There simply isn’t nearly enough evidence to know what happened during the character and fitness process.