Tennessee Republican Tries (Again) to Make the Bible the “Official State Book”
BY HEMANT MEHTA FEBRUARY 9, 2020 In 2015, Tennessee State Rep. Jerry Sexton filed a bill to make the Holy Bible the official…
Atheist Gives U. of Texas $1 Million Endowment to Study Non-Religious Americans
BY HEMANT MEHTA FEBRUARY 9, 2020 An 80-year-old retired professor has given the University of Texas a $1 million endowment to study…
The Percentage of Religious “Nones” May Have Finally Hit Its Peak
BY HEMANT MEHTA FEBRUARY 10, 2020 For more than a decade now, we’ve been seeing stories about how younger people…
Atheist Transphobe Graham Linehan Helps Create Conversion Therapist Database
BY VAL WILDE FEBRUARY 7, 2020 In most cases, LGBTQ conversion therapy and religion go hand in hand. But that’s…
Virginia Passes the South’s First Law to Protect LGBTQ Folks from Discrimination
BY VAL WILDE FEBRUARY 8, 2020 It turns out Virginia really is for lovers. Now that the state legislature has…
These Christian Women Made a Relationship Checklist That Spells Disaster
BY VAL WILDE FEBRUARY 9, 2020 The homepage for Christian women’s website Girl Defined — all pastel and floral and sweetly feminine…
Christian Website: The Bible Says an Asteroid Will Crash Into Earth in 2029
BY HEMANT MEHTA In case you need something else to worry about, Christian writer Thomas Horn would like you to know that…
Two Young Jewish Women Choose Death Over Disappointing Their Religious Family
BY VAL WILDE JANUARY 25, 2020 Two young women who jumped to their deaths from a tall building in West Jerusalem last…
A Pennsylvania Woman Drove Into an Oncoming Car in Order to “Test Her Faith”
BY HEMANT MEHTA JANUARY 19, 2020 In a story that exhibits both religious delusion and the harm that can come…
Christian Woman Sues Postal Service for Rejecting Her Self-Designed Jesus Stamps
BY HEMANT MEHTA JANUARY 9, 2020 A woman is Texas is suing the United States Postal Service for not allowing her to…
Are America’s Political Views More in Line with Atheists or White Evangelicals?
BY HEMANT MEHTA JANUARY 7, 2020 We know atheists are more liberal than the general public. We know white evangelicals…
Ask Richard: My Potential Jewish In-Laws Refuse to Meet My Agnostic Daughter
BY RICHARD WADE JANUARY 6, 2020 Note: Letter writers’ names are changed to protect their privacy. Dear Richard, I am…
Study: Atheists Are More Likely Than Churchgoers to Own Cats
BY HEMANT MEHTA JANUARY 6, 2020 Atheists love pets more than frequent churchgoers. Science proves it. Or something like that.…
Christian Hate-Preacher, Banned from Australia, Says Bushfires Are God’s Revenge
BY BETH STONEBURNER JANUARY 5, 2020 With bushfires raging through Australia as a result of the climate crisis, you knew…
