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.
Tell if you’ve heard this tired old joke before: Did you know atheists have their own holiday? It’s called April Fools’ Day. I guess we’re all supposed to laugh or something. But how would you feel if your high school teacher told it in class? That’s what happened at Northwest Rankin High School in Mississippi. Read more
Here’s how sneaky some Bible-believing groups are when it comes to luring children to their meetings: A California father says his daughter was tricked into attending an after-school Christian club that functioned under the guise of a leadership group. Here’s the pamphlet his daughter was given: Read more
In Florida’s Okaloosa County School District, the same place where a teacher led her students in Christian prayer during class time earlier this month, the School Board held a meeting last night to discuss whether they would continue holding prayers at the beginning of meetings. (Spoiler: Those prayers are illegal.) According to David Suhor, an atheist who attended the meeting, the result was a 3-2 vote in favor of keeping the prayers in place. You can see what some of the public comments were like right here. But more than anything, you have to check out this video from the event. Keep in mind this was taken at a school board meeting, not a Christian revival. Read more
Listen, Canada. If there’s one thing you should have realized from watching U.S. politics, it’s that a lot of us have big plans to move up north when we’re inaugurating President Donald Trump. The last thing you want to do is copy us. Especially when it comes to our religious rituals. But one Ontario politician thinks Canadians ought to recite the Pledge of Allegiance in school: Read more
