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.
Remember when Texas Governor Rick Perry signed a law making it legal to say “Merry Christmas” in public schools — even though no one ever said it was illegal — and also allowing for religious holiday displays? Now, Alabama State Senator Gerald Allen (R-What else?) is set to to pass a similar bill in his state: Allen said he is bringing the bill to protect schools from litigation. “I’m convinced that there is an undeniable secular progressive agenda to remove all religious freedoms from the public square and that includes our public schools,” Allen said. [Click headline for more…] Read more
Obviously, I can’t verify this, but at Not Always Working (where readers submit stories from work), there’s a story of a sailor who wanted to get married on a Friday afternoon… Asst. Division Officer: *to sailor* “The Div officer said that you are getting married this afternoon. Congratulations! Which church?” Sailor: “Thanks, but no church. We are doing it at City Hall with the Justice of the Peace. The Div Officer said that I could leave right after morning training, so I could get to there before the ceremony at thirteen hundred hours.” Asst. Division Officer: “Well, see me before you go.” Take a wild guess where this is going… [Click headline for more…] Read more
The headline pretty much says it all, doesn’t it? A person was struck by lightning on Wednesday while on the zip line at the Creation Museum in Boone County. A call came in from the museum to Boone County Public Safety Communications Center at approximately 1:19 p.m. reporting a person was struck on the attraction, a dispatcher said. [Click headline for more…] Read more