Woman wins the right to wear a colander on her head in her driver?s licence pic as she?s a Pastafarian
A woman who belongs to theChurch of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has won the right to wear a colander on her head in her Massachusetts driver?s license photo. Her initial attempts were denied.
?As a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, I feel delighted that my Pastafarianism has been respected by the Massachusetts RMV,? the woman, Lindsay Miller, said in a press releasefrom the American Humanist Association. ?While I don?t think the government can involve itself in matters of religion, I do hope this decision encourages my fellow Pastafarian Atheists to come out and express themselves as I have.?
A spokesperson for the Massachusetts RMV told the Associated Press that state policy does not allow head coverings or hats in license photos ? ?but exceptions are made for religious reasons.?
Pastafarianism is ?a secular religion that views the existence of a Flying Spaghetti Monster to be just as probable as the existence of the Christian God,? the release explains. According to the religion?s website: ?We are not anti-religion, we are anti-crazy nonsense done in the name of religion. There is a difference.?
A woman who belongs to theChurch of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has won the right to wear a colander on her head in her Massachusetts driver?s license photo. Her initial attempts were denied.
?As a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, I feel delighted that my Pastafarianism has been respected by the Massachusetts RMV,? the woman, Lindsay Miller, said in a press releasefrom the American Humanist Association. ?While I don?t think the government can involve itself in matters of religion, I do hope this decision encourages my fellow Pastafarian Atheists to come out and express themselves as I have.?
A spokesperson for the Massachusetts RMV told the Associated Press that state policy does not allow head coverings or hats in license photos ? ?but exceptions are made for religious reasons.?
Pastafarianism is ?a secular religion that views the existence of a Flying Spaghetti Monster to be just as probable as the existence of the Christian God,? the release explains. According to the religion?s website: ?We are not anti-religion, we are anti-crazy nonsense done in the name of religion. There is a difference.?
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