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.
Maybe the most infuriating thing about Sarah Palin is her inability to accept personal responsibility for anything. Her “team” can never do anything wrong. The fault always rests with the “liberal media” or the “Washington elite.” But that’s not all. When she got a speeding ticket, she blamed Sammy Hagar. When there was an oil disaster in the Gulf of Mexico, she blamed “extreme” environmentalists. When “Duck Dynasty” patriarch Phil Robertson was suspended from his show for saying homosexuality led to bestiality, Palin blamed “intolerants.” And yesterday, when talking about how her son Track was arrested for allegedly “[punching] his girlfriend in the eye, [kicking] her in the knee and then [holding] an AR-15 assault rifle near his head,” Palin knew exactly who to blame: President Obama. Read more
The last time we talked about Tennessee State Rep. Sheila Butt on this site, it was because she had introduced legislation to prevent religious indoctrination in public schools. But before you get excited, she’s not talking about a bill that would stop Christians from crossing the line. Her bill aimed to end Islamic proselytizing in high school World History classes, where students were taught (*gasp*) that Muslims worship Allah and Muhammad is His prophet. That bill is still being considered. Last week, HB1418 was assigned to the Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee. Meanwhile, SB1439, the same bill in the other chamber, was sent to the Senate Education Committee. Read more
Wheaton College is currently mired in a controversy of its own creation, beginning termination proceedings against a professor who said Muslims and Christians believe in the same God, potentially violating the Bible-based school’s Statement of Faith. While many critics have sided with Professor Larycia Hawkins, Religion News Service’s Trevin Wax says that Wheaton deserves a lot of credit, too. Because they’re standing by their faith, and that’s really, really hard to do in our culture: Read more
