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.
Stephanie Singer was raised by “two lesbian mothers and a Christian father.” More specifically, she had a mother and a father who divorced when Stephanie was two. When she was four, her mother moved in with her lesbian partner. Her dad, a Christian, would tell Stephanie “that my mothers and my gay uncle were all going to hell for being homosexuals.” It made no sense to her since her mothers “had done nothing but love me, protect me and really let me do or think anything I wanted.” Stephanie is now thanking her mothers by condemning their homosexuality-driven “brokenness”: [Click headline for more…] Read more
Troy University in Alabama has a very religious student body (shocking, I tell you). So they’re about to open a 376-bed dorm at a cost of $11,800,000 that will give preference to religious students: The new facility gives preference to students who maintain an active spiritual lifestyle and are actively engaged in a campus faith-based organization. Residents are required to engage at least semi-annually in a community-service or service-learning project that is tied to a church, such as food or clothing drive. The building will also house a (Catholic) Newman Center, as well as three Catholic and three Baptist resident assistants. [Click headline for more…] Read more
