Hemant Mehta is the founder and editor of FriendlyAtheist.com, a YouTube creator, and podcast co-host. He is a former National Board Certified math teacher in the suburbs of Chicago. He has appeared on CNN and FOX News and served on the board of directors for Foundation Beyond Belief and the Secular Student Alliance. He has written multiple books, including I Sold My Soul on eBay and The Young Atheist's Survival Guide. He also edited the book Queer Disbelief.
Democrats can’t always speak in the language of faith. As someone who doesn’t want to see faith mixed with politics, that’s not necessarily a bad thing, but it means the Party is losing lots of religious voters who are supporting the GOP, even though their values don’t always align. There’s a way to fix this. Read more
Donald Trump, who said at the Republican National Convention that he would do everything in his power “to protect our LGBTQ citizens from the violence and oppression of a hateful foreign ideology,” will apparently do everything in his power to oppress LGBT people using hateful domestic ideology. Read more