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.
As of the new year, the Christian-owned-but-secularly-run chain Hobby Lobby has to provide its employees with health coverage, including contraception (including birth control) thanks to ObamaCare. But the owners don’t want to do that and they’re prepared to pay a penalty of $1,300,000 a day: Read more
RISK! is a podcast in which people share stories about their life in front of a live audience (similar to The Moth and certain stories heard on This American Life). The most recent episode featured a story by Mara Wilson (you might remember her from this). Here’s the setup: After graduating from high school, Mara became an atheist while her little sister Anna became very religious. At one point, Anna attempted to convince Mara that God existed through the use of Pascal’s Wager and other debunkable claims you might hear in Apologetics 101. Read more
What will happen if gay marriage becomes legal throughout America? Correct answer: More gay couples will get married… and that’s about it. What will happen if gay marriage becomes legal throughout America, and you’re the dean of a fundamentalist Christian law school? Correct answer: The institution of marriage will be destroyed, families will cease to exist, churches will die a slow miserable death, a revolution will occur, a Civil War will begin, and the United States will implode. At least that’s the gist of what Mathew Staver, dean of Liberty University’s School of Law, told Moody Radio’s Janet Parshall: Read more