Hemant Mehta's Blog, page 309

Corona-Crisis Drives Indonesian Atheists and Agnostics Deeper Into the Closet

Stuck indoors with their families, they must go along with religious rituals.

Norma McCorvey (a.k.a. “Roe”): Christians Paid Me To Say I’m Anti-Abortion

Before she died in 2017, McCorvey told a filmmaker, "If a young woman wants to have an abortion, that’s no skin off my ass. That’s why they call it choice."

Calif. Sheriff Refuses to Enforce COVID Rules: It Will “Lead Them to Slaughter”

The Christian sheriff refuses to accept science and sensibility.

Multiple Priests Come Down With Corona in Houston Church That Reopened Recently

Literally everyone saw this coming.

This Is a Very, Very Tiny List of Elected “Atheist Republicans”

A group called Republican Atheists put together a list of elected Republican atheists. It's... not long.

GOP Lawmaker: Wearing a Health-Screening Sticker Is Like What Nazis Did to Jews

For some reason, Alaska State Rep. Ben Carpenter added that Hitler was not a white supremacist.

David Attenborough Meets the Pope, and It’s Magnificent

"It's an oddly mesmerizing display!"

Hit Song Is Pulled From YouTube After Hindus Complain It Insults Their Religion

Ranjit Bawa called out the caste system and religious superstitions.

Canadian Pastor Faces Jail Time in Myanmar For Defying COVID-19 Restrictions

He was foolish enough to hold in-person services despite the viral threat.

Pakistani Girls Are Murdered By Relatives for Appearing in Video With a Boy

This tragedy is all too common in some parts of the world.