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Hemant Mehta
Friendly Atheist
Hemant Mehta is the founder and editor of FriendlyAtheist.com, a YouTube creator, and podcast co-host. He has appeared on CNN and FOX News and served on the board of directors for Foundation Beyond Belief and the Secular Student Alliance.

Michigan GOP candidate: I’d vote to ban birth control. ‘It should not be legal.’
Reading Time: 3 minutes Jacky Eubanks, a Michigan Republican running for State House, said in a recent interview that, given the…

An Idaho atheist is about to become State Senator. He’s a Republican.
Reading Time: 8 minutes Idaho is on the verge of electing a Republican atheist to the State Senate. And virtually no…

Judge halts Christian-only prayer at Parkersburg (WV) City Council meetings
Reading Time: 3 minutes A federal judge ruled yesterday that the city of Parkersburg, West Virginia has to stop saying the…

WV school district finally settles case involving Bible indoctrination classes
Reading Time: 5 minutes A West Virginia school district has finally paid up for decades of Christian indoctrination, putting an end…

Preacher reported to IRS for sermon saying Christians can’t ‘vote Democrat’
Reading Time: 4 minutes On Sunday, Christian hate-preacher Greg Locke, last seen on this site conducting a literal witch-hunt among his Global…

Kansas town to put ‘In God We Trust’ back on police cars—but there’s a twist
Reading Time: 3 minutes You knew it was too good to last. Two weeks ago, in Haven, Kansas, the city council…

A shared delusion led to an ‘exorcism’ that killed a 3-year-old girl
Reading Time: 3 minutes You may have seen the headlines: A 3-year-old girl was killed in an “exorcism.” The actual story…

A school board member justified bigotry with Jesus. This mom wasn’t having it.
Reading Time: 5 minutes You have to hear the speech that a parent delivered at a recent school board meeting in…
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