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.
The Boy Scouts of America are notorious for kicking out members and leaders who are gay and atheist. They’re a private organization so they’re allowed to do it… but it stands in harsh opposition to the image they project, where all boys are welcome no matter what. In the United Kingdom, the story has been only a little better… Read more
Back in July, we learned that Louisiana Governor Bobby Jindal passed a voucher plan would would give more than $11,000,000 of taxpayer money to private schools that teach Creationism. Their curriculums obviously wouldn’t meet the state’s science standards, either. You can read some of the curriculum excerpts from these schools here. Read more