The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has scored another big win in the exciting world of driver’s license photography.
Following in the footsteps of fellow Pastafarians Eddie Castillo and Shawna Hammond, Massachusetts resident Lindsay Miller has won the right to wear a colander in her driver’s license photo. The state’s policy on headgear, hats and other noggin covering whutzits would normally prohibit plunking a kitchen utensil on your head, but Miller’s earned the right because it’s considered religious garb.
Boston’s CBS affiliate notes that it wasn’t initially smooth sailing for the colander’s place in this piece of Miller’s government ID. It took a legal battle with the Registry of Motor Vehicles to get this sorted out, but the Pastafarian (with the aid of an American Humanist Association associated attorney) ended up emerging victorious in the case.
Miller says she’s happy with the way it panned out:
“As a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, I feel delighted that my Pastafarianism has been respected by the Massachusetts RMV. 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.”
The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster has been kicking around for roughly a decade now and considers itself not to be “anti-religious” but rather “anti-crazy nonsense done in the name of religion.” If you’ve got $25, you too can become an ordained Pastafarian minister.
(via Mashable)