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.
It’s always eye-opening to hear religious conservatives talk about how secular law takes a backseat to biblical pronouncements. In a recent episode of Christian pseudo-historian David Barton’s show “Foundations of Freedom,” he spoke with (former) Rep. Michele Bachmann about the famous lawgivers, including Moses, whose images are found in the House chambers. That’s when Bachmann explained how the Bible trumps the Constitution. If Congress passes laws that contradict what the Bible says, she said, it “degrades” the nation: Read more
You all know that Creationist Ken Ham has been working for a long time on getting his Noah’s Ark Theme Park (a.k.a. Ark Encounter) built. Ham hit a major snag in December of 2014 when the state of Kentucky said Answers in Genesis was ineligible to receive a tax incentive worth up to $18,000,000. Now, a judge has ruled against the state, essentially giving Ham a victory at the expense of Kentucky taxpayers. Read more
