Bill Maher - Personal Life

Bill Maher, by his full name William Maher, Jr., was born on 20th of January 1956, in New York City. The comedian Bill Maher is the son of William Maher Sr and Julie Maher. Bill Maher's father, an Irish Catholic, was an NBC editor and his mother, a Jewish, was a nurse.

Bill Maher's religion views may have the roots in the comedian's childhood, because he didn't know that his mother was a Jewish until he was a teenager, being raised in his father's Catholic religion. Bill maher's family stoped going to church, because Bill Maher's father did not agree with the Pope's position on birth control.Bill Maher grew up in River Vale, New Jersey and attended Pascack Hill High School. After that , the comedian went to Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York and in 1978 received his Bachelor of Arts in English and History.

Bill Maher never got married and he doesn't seem to want to do the big step. He had a relationship with porn star Heather Hunter and in 2003 he dated Coco Johnsen, the former Playboy Cyber Girl of the Week. They were romantically involved for over a year and a half, but after their break up she sued the former host of Politically Incorrect tv show.

So, in November 2004, Bill Maher was sued by Coco Johnsen for "pain and suffering" and requested $9 million . She stated that the host of Real Time With Bill Maher promissed to marry her and be the father of their children, along with a big financial support.

The bachelor image of Bill Maher, saved him, because his lawyers said in Los Angeles Superior Court that Bill Maher is a "confirmed bachelor" and that "he never promised to marry her or to have children with her". So, on 2nd of May 2005, Coco Johnsen's lawsuit against Bill Maher was dismissed.

Bill Maher stated several times that he enjoys his bachelor status and doesn't want to be married.In 2006, Bill Maher, who is also a usual at Playboy Mansion, startded dating Karrine Steffans, the author of the best-seller Confessons of a Video Vixen. Karrine Steffans is a former porn star and in her book, she described her sexual life with famous actors, rappers.

She was also a stripper, hip-hop model and actress. Bill Maher was also romantically linked to Stacy, Heather Hunter and Ann Coulter. Bill Maher and Ann Coulter relationship is still a mistery, both of them stating that they are just friends.

Bill Maher is an agnostic, he is a critic of religion, he supports the legalization of marijuana and gay marriage. The stand up comedian, television host of Real Time With Bill Maher, author and social and political commentator, Bill Maher also serves on the board of PETA and is an advisory board member of the Reason Project, a charitable foundation which tries to spred scientific knowledge. Want to know more? Read Bill Maher's Views.

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Bill Maher - Views

Bill Maher is not known only by his "unholy" love life and stand up comedy routines. He is well know for beeing very opinionated and in this article we will show you what are his political views and Bill Maher's Views on religion.

Bill Maher along with George Carlin belives that organised religion is "Bad for Ya!". Thus, he tries to open people's minds to the fact that religion is just pure hypocrisy. Bill Maher is one of the biggest supporters of gay marriage and doesn't like that religious monuments are near Court Houses.

Bill Maher thinks of himself as a libertarian, being known for his political satire and in his Political Incorrect show. The social and political commentator touched a large area of political topics and bureaucracies, and also social topics or mass media.Even though Bill Maher thinks of himself as libertarian, his behaviour was questioned by the journalist Dann Halem, who described Bill Maher as a liberal.

Bill Maher is suporting the legalization of marijuana, gambling and prostitution, being an open marijuana user and a fervent environmentalist.He is also a member of an organization which support marijuana use. Bill Maher belives that "government is really there to do the things that people absolutely can't do for themselves" and he frequently questions the corporations.Beliving that Bob Dole was a war hero, Bill Maher supported him during 1996 US presidential election.

In the 2000 US presidential election, Bill Maher stated that he wil support the Liberatrian Party and Harry Browne, but later said that he voted for Ralph Nader.Bill Maher often expressed his disagree with health care and pharmaceutical industries, beliving that the unhealthy food and the consumption of high fructose corn syrup are making the people sick and the mentioned industries are both making money over that fact. Bill Maher stated that he is not a vegetarian, even thogh he doesn't eat a lot of meat, having a "very eccentric diet".In 2004, during presidential election, Maher supported John Kerry and made obvious opposition to George W. Bush.

The social and political commentator Bill Maher supports death penalty, euthanasia and the right to choose abortion.In 2008, during US Presidential Election, Bill Maher supported Barack Obama, being very critical of John McCain even though he supported him in the 2000 primaries.

Bill Maher's religion views are almost as controversial as his love life, being an avid critic of organized religion, saying that he thinks religion is a neurological disorder that stops people from thinking. Bill Maher along with George Carlin belived that religious practices are pure hypocrisy, causing many of the society's problems.Bill Maher is a declared pro-choice supporter and he also supports gay marriage, beliving that only because religion prohibits those, it doesn't meen are immoral acts, being more immoral to rape, harm others and kill someone.

Bill Maher is against religious monuments being placed near court houses, like The Ten Commandments, claiming that American law is not based on The Ten Commandments as the conservative Christian said, because only two of ten apply to American law.Bill Maher never confirmed that he was a deist, even though Bill Maher's religious point of view expressed on Politically Incorrect and Real Time with Bill Maher were sometimes similar with deism criterias.

Bill Maher declared that his not an atheist, that he belives in a god, but he just does not belive in religion.In 2005, Bill Maher stated on Larry King Live that he was an agnostic, being open to the idea that God exists and in 2007, on Scarborough Country declared himself an apatheist instead of an agnostic.

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