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.
This is a guest post by Juhem Navarro-Rivera. Juhem is a political scientist and Research Fellow at the Institute for the Study of Secularism in Society & Culture (ISSSC) and blogs about Latinos, Politics and Secularism at The LatiNone … Latinos are considered to be a very religious and socially conservative group. While the assumption is that most Latinos are Catholic, every once in a while there are reports of waves of Latino immigrants abandoning their traditional Catholicism as they… Read more
Remember when the Texas Department of Motor Vehicles wanted your input on some proposed “specialty license plate designs”? Well, they ignored everything you said and just approved this one: By a 4-3 vote on Thursday, the state board decided to allow the religious design created by Glory Gang, a nonprofit youth organization, to be accepted into their specialty plate program, angering some who felt the state was favoring one religion over another. … The Liberty Institute, which works to protect… Read more
How offensive could a Rick Perry campaign ad be? DarkMatter2525 takes a stab at what we might be seeing soon 🙂 During these tough economic times, when you may have lost your job or your house, I, Rick Perry, know what truly matters to you: the icky icky gay people. At this very moment, some red-blooded, vagina-lovin’ American soldier might be overseas with a sand nig… uh, terrorist in the sights of his assault rifle, only to have Poop Chute… Read more
Dave Silverman didn’t get to make this announcement on Mike Huckabee’s show as he planned to, but it’s still exciting news: “Tell your family you don’t believe in gods… they just might agree.” That’s the new digital billboard American Atheists is putting up at the foot of the Lincoln Tunnel beginning on Monday. The Final graphic for the Lincoln Tunnel this year is a direct call to action for the church-pew atheists — those who pretend to believe what they… Read more
I wish I could make this! Richard Dawkins will be the keynote speaker at next year’s Northwest Free-thought Alliance conference, taking place in Renton, Washington, from Friday, March 30th through Sunday, April 1st! He’ll be joined by Sean Faircloth: Registration is now open! I had a blast at this conference last year and I’m sorry I have to miss it this time around. Read more