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.
I think we all just found common ground with hate-Pastor Steven Anderson: He doesn’t want to say the Pledge of Allegiance, either. But that’s where the overlap ends. Atheists might not say it because of the “Under God” phrase, or because we oppose mindless rituals, or because we know we don’t really have “justice for all.” Anderson doesn’t want to say it because America’s too liberal. Read more
By now, you’ve probably seen the video of a woman in a Starbucks berating Florida Governor Rick Scott, who stopped by for a drink but ran the hell out of there (along with his entourage) once he realized how bad this all looked: Now, he’s getting his revenge. Scott’s political action committee released a one-minute YouTube video denouncing Cara Jennings, who used to be a councilwoman in the city of Lake Worth, by saying she’s an anarchist and didn’t recite the Pledge of Allegiance. As if that’s a bad thing. Read more