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 Broward County School Board in Florida, like many other districts in the state, has laid off a lot of teachers over the past few years. Things have gotten a little better, but they still rely on taxpayer money to function properly. This November, there’s a ballot measure that could make it even harder for public school districts in the state (like Broward County) to provide adequate support to their students. It’s called Amendment 8 (a.k.a. the Religious Freedom Amendment)…. Read more
This is Pastor Rick Warren shortly after the Aurora theater shootings: (He claimed there was no connection between the shootings and his tweet… but deleted the tweet, anyway.) This is Pastor Rick Warren saying that acting on one’s homosexuality is a sign of immaturity: This is Pastor Rick Warren incorrectly explaining why you’re an atheist: This is Pastor Rick Warren telling his staffers not to follow atheists on Twitter because… well, who knows why. And this is Pastor Rick Warren… Read more
This has been in the works for a while and it has finally been released. Mark Oppenheimer of the New York Times moderated an informal debate between gay rights activist (and all around awesome person) Dan Savage and the National Organization for Marriage’s Brian Brown: The video is below. It’s about an hour long. I’m gonna watch this over dinner. If you see anything interesting, leave the timestamps and summaries in the comment section! ***Update***: Having watched it, I was… Read more