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.
Even the Christian Post is jumping on the #NeverTrump bandwagon by publishing an editorial urging readers not to vote for Donald Trump. It’s an unprecedented “non-endorsement” which the editors are making “because Trump is exceptionally bad and claims to speak for and represent the interests of evangelicals.” Read more
I’m going to say this knowing it’s anecdotal at best: If there’s any political debate going on among the atheists I know, it’s over whether it’s better to support Bernie Sanders or Hillary Clinton. At least one survey has given the atheist/Agnostic edge to Sanders. That same survey didn’t even list a Republican preference for our demographic — I assume that’s because the sample size of atheists willing to support the current slate of GOP candidates was so small. The point is: I don’t know any active atheists who are even considering voting for Ted Cruz or Marco Rubio. Those guys are religious conservatives whose values go against what most of us believe. What about Donald Trump? Slightly different story. Read more
It was just over a month ago that we learned the Phoenix (Arizona) City Council had given the green light to members of The Satanic Temple to deliver an invocation prayer at a meeting on February 17. Satanic Templars Michelle Shortt (below) and Stu de Haan would be delivering the address: But as soon as word got out about this, city officials tried to put the genie back in the bottle. Read more
