Hemant Mehta
@friendlyatheist.com
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In an Abeka history textbook, authors write that “slaves seemed to be better investments than indentured servants,” & claim that freedmen promoted “fiscal irresponsibility” during Reconstruction. Authors blamed the decline of “American’s views on race relations” on the nation’s first Black president
Alabama is funneling millions of taxpayer dollars into private schools using textbooks that deny evolution, whitewash history, and attack LGBTQ people.
Kids deserve better than conservative Christian propaganda.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/taxpayer-d...
Kids deserve better than conservative Christian propaganda.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/taxpayer-d...
Taxpayer dollars, Christian lies: What Alabama’s voucher program really buys
Christian textbooks that deny evolution, downplay slavery, and avoid critical thinking are now being subsidized with public funds
www.friendlyatheist.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:28 PM
In an Abeka history textbook, authors write that “slaves seemed to be better investments than indentured servants,” & claim that freedmen promoted “fiscal irresponsibility” during Reconstruction. Authors blamed the decline of “American’s views on race relations” on the nation’s first Black president
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Oklahoma may once again be used to test whether taxpayers can be forced to fund religious charter schools.
FFRF will stand with allies and oppose any attempt to turn public education into taxpayer-funded religious indoctrination.
FFRF will stand with allies and oppose any attempt to turn public education into taxpayer-funded religious indoctrination.
The last time Oklahoma approved a taxpayer-funded religious charter school, it ended with a 7-1 smackdown by the state Supreme Court.
Now they’re trying again—hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will bail them out.
Full story 👇
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-new-reli...
Now they’re trying again—hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will bail them out.
Full story 👇
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-new-reli...
A new religious charter school could open in Oklahoma. The last one was ruled illegal.
A second attempt to use taxpayer dollars for religious indoctrination exposes a coordinated assault on church–state separation
www.friendlyatheist.com
November 25, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Oklahoma may once again be used to test whether taxpayers can be forced to fund religious charter schools.
FFRF will stand with allies and oppose any attempt to turn public education into taxpayer-funded religious indoctrination.
FFRF will stand with allies and oppose any attempt to turn public education into taxpayer-funded religious indoctrination.
The last time Oklahoma approved a taxpayer-funded religious charter school, it ended with a 7-1 smackdown by the state Supreme Court.
Now they’re trying again—hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will bail them out.
Full story 👇
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-new-reli...
Now they’re trying again—hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will bail them out.
Full story 👇
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-new-reli...
A new religious charter school could open in Oklahoma. The last one was ruled illegal.
A second attempt to use taxpayer dollars for religious indoctrination exposes a coordinated assault on church–state separation
www.friendlyatheist.com
November 25, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The last time Oklahoma approved a taxpayer-funded religious charter school, it ended with a 7-1 smackdown by the state Supreme Court.
Now they’re trying again—hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will bail them out.
Full story 👇
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-new-reli...
Now they’re trying again—hoping the U.S. Supreme Court will bail them out.
Full story 👇
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-new-reli...
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Alabama’s voucher scheme is doing exactly what it was designed to do: drain public schools to subsidize religious indoctrination.
Alabama is funneling millions of taxpayer dollars into private schools using textbooks that deny evolution, whitewash history, and attack LGBTQ people.
Kids deserve better than conservative Christian propaganda.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/taxpayer-d...
Kids deserve better than conservative Christian propaganda.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/taxpayer-d...
Taxpayer dollars, Christian lies: What Alabama’s voucher program really buys
Christian textbooks that deny evolution, downplay slavery, and avoid critical thinking are now being subsidized with public funds
www.friendlyatheist.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:21 PM
Alabama’s voucher scheme is doing exactly what it was designed to do: drain public schools to subsidize religious indoctrination.
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"Why the Future of Atheism Looks Bright (Despite Everything)" by Hemant Mehta, the @friendlyatheist.com
Join us tomorrow to see Hemant Mehta again tomorrow at 11 am in person or at www.youtube.com/@ethicalstl
Join us tomorrow to see Hemant Mehta again tomorrow at 11 am in person or at www.youtube.com/@ethicalstl
November 25, 2025 at 12:30 AM
Today's @slate.com crossword is mine, with references to soccer, alcohol, and The Hunting Wives.
Go do it!
slate.com/life/2025/11...
Go do it!
slate.com/life/2025/11...
Slate Crossword: Abbr. Absent From Most Modern Phones (Four Letters)
Ready for some wordplay? Sharpen your skills with Slate’s puzzle for Nov. 24, 2025.
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November 24, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Today's @slate.com crossword is mine, with references to soccer, alcohol, and The Hunting Wives.
Go do it!
slate.com/life/2025/11...
Go do it!
slate.com/life/2025/11...
Alabama is funneling millions of taxpayer dollars into private schools using textbooks that deny evolution, whitewash history, and attack LGBTQ people.
Kids deserve better than conservative Christian propaganda.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/taxpayer-d...
Kids deserve better than conservative Christian propaganda.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/taxpayer-d...
Taxpayer dollars, Christian lies: What Alabama’s voucher program really buys
Christian textbooks that deny evolution, downplay slavery, and avoid critical thinking are now being subsidized with public funds
www.friendlyatheist.com
November 24, 2025 at 2:10 PM
Alabama is funneling millions of taxpayer dollars into private schools using textbooks that deny evolution, whitewash history, and attack LGBTQ people.
Kids deserve better than conservative Christian propaganda.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/taxpayer-d...
Kids deserve better than conservative Christian propaganda.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/taxpayer-d...
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This morning at the Society (www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ3z... ):
"Why Humanists Need to Change Their Media Tactics" By Hemant Mehta, the @friendlyatheist.com
Music by the Ethical Band
Join us next week at 11am in person or youtube.com/@EthicalStL
"Why Humanists Need to Change Their Media Tactics" By Hemant Mehta, the @friendlyatheist.com
Music by the Ethical Band
Join us next week at 11am in person or youtube.com/@EthicalStL
November 23, 2025 at 6:41 PM
This morning at the Society (www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ3z... ):
"Why Humanists Need to Change Their Media Tactics" By Hemant Mehta, the @friendlyatheist.com
Music by the Ethical Band
Join us next week at 11am in person or youtube.com/@EthicalStL
"Why Humanists Need to Change Their Media Tactics" By Hemant Mehta, the @friendlyatheist.com
Music by the Ethical Band
Join us next week at 11am in person or youtube.com/@EthicalStL
Reposted by Hemant Mehta
"Why the Future of Atheism Looks Bright (Despite Everything)" by Hemant Mehta, the @friendlyatheist.com
Join us tomorrow to see Hemant Mehta again tomorrow at 11 am in person or at www.youtube.com/@ethicalstl
Join us tomorrow to see Hemant Mehta again tomorrow at 11 am in person or at www.youtube.com/@ethicalstl
November 23, 2025 at 3:24 AM
"Why the Future of Atheism Looks Bright (Despite Everything)" by Hemant Mehta, the @friendlyatheist.com
Join us tomorrow to see Hemant Mehta again tomorrow at 11 am in person or at www.youtube.com/@ethicalstl
Join us tomorrow to see Hemant Mehta again tomorrow at 11 am in person or at www.youtube.com/@ethicalstl
One Minnesota pastor's idea of forgiveness was forcing kids to hug their abuser, then keep quiet.
By ignoring mandated reporting laws, he allowed the abuser to find "hundreds" of victims.
It's a horrifying story.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-minnesot...
By ignoring mandated reporting laws, he allowed the abuser to find "hundreds" of victims.
It's a horrifying story.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-minnesot...
A Minnesota church told kids to hug and forgive their abuser. Then he found more victims.
Church leaders ignored the mandatory reporting law, pressured victims to forgive and forget, and obstructed justice for years
www.friendlyatheist.com
November 22, 2025 at 2:14 PM
One Minnesota pastor's idea of forgiveness was forcing kids to hug their abuser, then keep quiet.
By ignoring mandated reporting laws, he allowed the abuser to find "hundreds" of victims.
It's a horrifying story.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-minnesot...
By ignoring mandated reporting laws, he allowed the abuser to find "hundreds" of victims.
It's a horrifying story.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/a-minnesot...
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"This is the day I realized Zohran had the sauce because he went in there and he hypnotized the guy."
Ben Collins joins @stephruhle.bsky.social on the #Nightcap to try to explain the unexpected warmth between Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani at the White House.
Ben Collins joins @stephruhle.bsky.social on the #Nightcap to try to explain the unexpected warmth between Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani at the White House.
November 22, 2025 at 4:43 AM
"This is the day I realized Zohran had the sauce because he went in there and he hypnotized the guy."
Ben Collins joins @stephruhle.bsky.social on the #Nightcap to try to explain the unexpected warmth between Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani at the White House.
Ben Collins joins @stephruhle.bsky.social on the #Nightcap to try to explain the unexpected warmth between Donald Trump and Zohran Mamdani at the White House.
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It’s wild when the UK, a country with an official state church, is the one recognizing religious instruction as indoctrination.
Meanwhile, Christian nationalist leaders here are sprinting in the opposite direction with Ten Commandments mandates, bible lessons, and school-sponsored proselytizing.
Meanwhile, Christian nationalist leaders here are sprinting in the opposite direction with Ten Commandments mandates, bible lessons, and school-sponsored proselytizing.
"Indoctrination."
That’s how the UK Supreme Court described religious education in Northern Ireland's public schools.
Their ruling against the Christian-centric curriculum will change how faith is taught throughout the country.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/uk-supreme...
That’s how the UK Supreme Court described religious education in Northern Ireland's public schools.
Their ruling against the Christian-centric curriculum will change how faith is taught throughout the country.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/uk-supreme...
UK Supreme Court strikes down N. Ireland's pro-Christian Religious Education curriculum
The landmark ruling declared decades of school-led Christian indoctrination unlawful
www.friendlyatheist.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:28 PM
It’s wild when the UK, a country with an official state church, is the one recognizing religious instruction as indoctrination.
Meanwhile, Christian nationalist leaders here are sprinting in the opposite direction with Ten Commandments mandates, bible lessons, and school-sponsored proselytizing.
Meanwhile, Christian nationalist leaders here are sprinting in the opposite direction with Ten Commandments mandates, bible lessons, and school-sponsored proselytizing.
"Indoctrination."
That’s how the UK Supreme Court described religious education in Northern Ireland's public schools.
Their ruling against the Christian-centric curriculum will change how faith is taught throughout the country.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/uk-supreme...
That’s how the UK Supreme Court described religious education in Northern Ireland's public schools.
Their ruling against the Christian-centric curriculum will change how faith is taught throughout the country.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/uk-supreme...
UK Supreme Court strikes down N. Ireland's pro-Christian Religious Education curriculum
The landmark ruling declared decades of school-led Christian indoctrination unlawful
www.friendlyatheist.com
November 21, 2025 at 2:24 PM
"Indoctrination."
That’s how the UK Supreme Court described religious education in Northern Ireland's public schools.
Their ruling against the Christian-centric curriculum will change how faith is taught throughout the country.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/uk-supreme...
That’s how the UK Supreme Court described religious education in Northern Ireland's public schools.
Their ruling against the Christian-centric curriculum will change how faith is taught throughout the country.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/uk-supreme...
New reporting shows the "public Christian school" in Colorado wasn’t a mistake.
It was designed to break church/state boundaries.
A right-wing legal group is treating it as a test case.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/colorados-...
It was designed to break church/state boundaries.
A right-wing legal group is treating it as a test case.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/colorados-...
Colorado’s “first public Christian school” isn't a mistake. It's a test case.
Behind the scenes, a conservative legal group and district leaders crafted a challenge to church-state separation
www.friendlyatheist.com
November 20, 2025 at 2:21 PM
New reporting shows the "public Christian school" in Colorado wasn’t a mistake.
It was designed to break church/state boundaries.
A right-wing legal group is treating it as a test case.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/colorados-...
It was designed to break church/state boundaries.
A right-wing legal group is treating it as a test case.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/colorados-...
I'll be going live *tonight* to talk about the past week in church/state separation!
We'll be talking about the Supreme Court, a horrible Epstein defense from Catholics, and so much more...
youtube.com/live/OLaMkzx...
We'll be talking about the Supreme Court, a horrible Epstein defense from Catholics, and so much more...
youtube.com/live/OLaMkzx...
LIVE: Friendly Atheist News Roundup 11/19/2025
YouTube video by Friendly Atheist
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November 19, 2025 at 10:21 PM
I'll be going live *tonight* to talk about the past week in church/state separation!
We'll be talking about the Supreme Court, a horrible Epstein defense from Catholics, and so much more...
youtube.com/live/OLaMkzx...
We'll be talking about the Supreme Court, a horrible Epstein defense from Catholics, and so much more...
youtube.com/live/OLaMkzx...
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They're literally doing the Gianmarco Soresi joke...
The Catholic League's response to the Epstein files? Arguing technicalities over the ages of the victims.
They're not defending faith. They're enabling harm.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-cathol...
They're not defending faith. They're enabling harm.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-cathol...
November 19, 2025 at 4:31 PM
They're literally doing the Gianmarco Soresi joke...
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Can we get a state Attorney General to subpoena this man's email accounts? Because yikes.
The Catholic League's response to the Epstein files? Arguing technicalities over the ages of the victims.
They're not defending faith. They're enabling harm.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-cathol...
They're not defending faith. They're enabling harm.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-cathol...
November 19, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Can we get a state Attorney General to subpoena this man's email accounts? Because yikes.
The Catholic League's response to the Epstein files? Arguing technicalities over the ages of the victims.
They're not defending faith. They're enabling harm.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-cathol...
They're not defending faith. They're enabling harm.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-cathol...
November 19, 2025 at 2:27 PM
The Catholic League's response to the Epstein files? Arguing technicalities over the ages of the victims.
They're not defending faith. They're enabling harm.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-cathol...
They're not defending faith. They're enabling harm.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/the-cathol...
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New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
Moral rot in elite journalism is killing the whole field
The Nuzzi/RFK Jr. mess and the revelation of Esptein's journo pals lay bare a profound moral absence at the heart of our free press.
www.thehandbasket.co
November 18, 2025 at 10:03 PM
New — I wrote about the myriad ways journalism’s moral rot manifests, and how our crumbling institutions have created the conditions for it to fester:
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Earlier this year, Trump fired a Democrat on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission without cause, an unprecedented move.
13 Dems just voted to advance Trump's pick to fill the vacancy.
Coons
Duckworth
Heinrich
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Ossoff
Padilla
Warner
Warnock
Welch
Whitehouse
13 Dems just voted to advance Trump's pick to fill the vacancy.
Coons
Duckworth
Heinrich
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Ossoff
Padilla
Warner
Warnock
Welch
Whitehouse
November 19, 2025 at 4:04 AM
Earlier this year, Trump fired a Democrat on the Nuclear Regulatory Commission without cause, an unprecedented move.
13 Dems just voted to advance Trump's pick to fill the vacancy.
Coons
Duckworth
Heinrich
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Ossoff
Padilla
Warner
Warnock
Welch
Whitehouse
13 Dems just voted to advance Trump's pick to fill the vacancy.
Coons
Duckworth
Heinrich
Kelly
King
Klobuchar
Ossoff
Padilla
Warner
Warnock
Welch
Whitehouse
The Supreme Court FINALLY shut down a decade-long attempt to blast Christian prayers over state-run loudspeakers.
The case was so absurd, judges literally mocked the Christian school’s football record before rejecting its lawsuit.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/supreme-co...
The case was so absurd, judges literally mocked the Christian school’s football record before rejecting its lawsuit.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/supreme-co...
Supreme Court declines case involving loudspeaker prayers at high school football games
A decade-long attempt to force Christian prayers over state-run loudspeakers finally collapsed, much to the frustration of Christian Nationalists
www.friendlyatheist.com
November 18, 2025 at 2:32 PM
The Supreme Court FINALLY shut down a decade-long attempt to blast Christian prayers over state-run loudspeakers.
The case was so absurd, judges literally mocked the Christian school’s football record before rejecting its lawsuit.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/supreme-co...
The case was so absurd, judges literally mocked the Christian school’s football record before rejecting its lawsuit.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/supreme-co...
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When you're disappointed in leadership, demand better. Primaries are a healthy part of the democratic process. This is especially true when we're up against a fascist regime and the primary is about whether or not your Dem is going to fight back.
November 17, 2025 at 7:01 PM
When you're disappointed in leadership, demand better. Primaries are a healthy part of the democratic process. This is especially true when we're up against a fascist regime and the primary is about whether or not your Dem is going to fight back.
This is big. The Supreme Court has DENIED a case involving Christian prayers over the PA system at high school football games.
I'll have more on this soon...
I'll have more on this soon...
November 17, 2025 at 6:59 PM
This is big. The Supreme Court has DENIED a case involving Christian prayers over the PA system at high school football games.
I'll have more on this soon...
I'll have more on this soon...
In just a little bit, I'll be chatting live with Marissa Franks Burt, co-author of "The Myth of Good Christian Parenting."
We'll discuss James Dobson, spanking, what pastors need to fix, and so much more!
youtube.com/live/iw0cTvi...
We'll discuss James Dobson, spanking, what pastors need to fix, and so much more!
youtube.com/live/iw0cTvi...
Interview with Marissa Franks Burt, co-author of "The Myth of Good Christian Parenting"
YouTube video by Friendly Atheist
youtube.com
November 17, 2025 at 3:18 PM
In just a little bit, I'll be chatting live with Marissa Franks Burt, co-author of "The Myth of Good Christian Parenting."
We'll discuss James Dobson, spanking, what pastors need to fix, and so much more!
youtube.com/live/iw0cTvi...
We'll discuss James Dobson, spanking, what pastors need to fix, and so much more!
youtube.com/live/iw0cTvi...
Somersworth, New Hampshire loved its "public forum" flagpole—until a member of The Satanic Temple used it last month.
Then they changed the policy so it would never happen again.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/new-hampsh...
Then they changed the policy so it would never happen again.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/new-hampsh...
New Hampshire town pulls plug on open forum after Satanists hoist flag
Somersworth allowed residents to apply for and erect their flags on a public space. That changed after Satanists got their turn.
www.friendlyatheist.com
November 17, 2025 at 2:26 PM
Somersworth, New Hampshire loved its "public forum" flagpole—until a member of The Satanic Temple used it last month.
Then they changed the policy so it would never happen again.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/new-hampsh...
Then they changed the policy so it would never happen again.
www.friendlyatheist.com/p/new-hampsh...