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.
In 2010, Oklahoma passed a law called the Lindsey Nicole Henry Scholarships for Students with Disabilities act which provided vouchers to students with special needs. It meant students who qualified could attend one of several dozen private schools with the help of taxpayer funding. The problem with that law was that the vast majority of those schools were religious. (And most of them did not actually specialize in special needs students.) In short, the scholarship was a sneaky way to get taxpayers to pay for the religious education of students. Read more
The Greater Tabernacle Church in Lawrenceburg, Tennessee just got kicked out of the Lawrence County Association of Baptists. It’s a serious matter since they could now lose their building. The deed says the space is only available to the congregation as long as they’re members of the Baptist association in good standing. What horrible thing did they do to get kicked out of the association? They voted for a woman to be their new pastor. Read more
On Last Week Tonight, John Oliver pointed out how politicians love quoting the Founding Fathers… even when they’re getting it completely wrong. So to help facilitate the nonsense — because why not? — they set up a website called Definitely Real Quotes with ready-made images to share on social media. Read more
