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.
I’ll update this page as more statements come out. The Secular Coalition for America: “While we disagree with the Family Research Council on nearly every issue, the debate surrounding the role of religion in the public sphere should be fought with reason and logic, not guns,” said Edwina Rogers, Executive Director. “We absolutely condemn this sort of senseless violence.” Rogers said that the thoughts of the Secular Coalition are with the security guard who was shot. The organization wishes him… Read more
The Atheist Portal at Patheos just added a couple of new blogs to our roster! We now have two former Quiverfull women (Libby Anne and Melissa), Christian apologist rebuttalist Bob Seidensticker, collector of all things unreasonable Daniel, and Humanist Chaplain Greg Epstein. Check them out! And then everyone go yell at Greg for not posting enough. Read more
The atheists in Minnesota are vocal and proud and a bunch of them just released a collection of their thoughts called Atheist Voices of Minnesota: An Anthology of Personal Stories: Greta Christina wrote the foreword, which you can read in full here: What’s more, coming out has a snowball effect. When we come out as atheist, other people will feel safer coming out. And they’ll make the next wave of people feel safer. And so on, and so on, and… Read more
Back in January, FFRF sued Arizona Governor Jan Brewer to stop her from holding another Day of Prayer (PDF). The problem with suing on principle — “It’s unconstitutional” — is that courts don’t always care. They want to know if you’ve been injured in some way. That’s why it’s so hard to get “Under God” removed from the Pledge of Allegiance — you need a child who’s felt wronged for having said it or punished for not saying it. You can… Read more
