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.
A lot of you have been asking me how you can help some of the pastors who are now coming clean about their atheism. Here’s one way. The Humanists of Florida Association has set up a collection to help Teresa MacBain, who was featured in this NPR story. Mark Palmer, the Executive Director of that group tells me (via email): A few generous members of the HFA have agreed to pay (and have begun paying) about $4,000 but we are… Read more
Whenever there’s a list of Christians who are embarrassments to the “other” Christians, you see the same names over and over: Pat Robertson, Jerry Falwell, Mark Driscoll, James Dobson, Ted Haggard, etc… Billy Graham is rarely on that list. Christians almost universally praise him. He sticks to the message, doesn’t play politics, isn’t controversial, etc. Well, he’s spending the end of his life making sure bigotry is a part of his legacy. His ministry plans to place this ad in… Read more
The National Atheist Party has been asking various U.S. Representatives, Senators, Governors and candidates for those offices what they will do for atheist voters. Such a simple thing to do and yet so few have ever taken the initiative… Quietly, they’ve been posting the responses on their website. There’s not much in the way of “Here’s how we’ll help atheists,” but there’s a lot of support for church/state separation and equality for all from the people who have responded. Below… Read more
What prompted hundreds of people to rally outside Town Hall in Falmouth, Massachusetts earlier this week? Was it corruption by the mayor? No. Was it anger about a policy decision? No. Were they protesting against the 1%? No. They were pissed off because Melissa Freitag, the Vice Chairman of the Board of Selectmen (a.k.a. City Council), was stepping in for the Chairman (who was out for medical reasons) and — wait for it — she decided not to say the… Read more