Posted on 06/01/2017 5:59:38 PM PDT by nickcarraway
An Arizona man is fighting for his right to wear his religious headwear - a spaghetti colander - in his drivers license photo.
Sean Corbett is part of the "Pastafarian" religion, a belief that a flying spaghetti monster created the universe.
According to the website of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, the religion became more mainstream in 2005 after an open letter concerning the teaching of Creationism in schools.
The site states that all religions are welcome to join their community, which believes their heaven consists of a beer volcano and stripper factory.
The church recommends wearing colanders like hats in photo IDs, and many around the globe from Austria, to Australia, to the U.S., including Oklahoma, Massachusetts, and Utah, have won the right to do just that.
Now Corbett is fighting for his religious rights to don the spaghetti strainer in his photo ID in Phoenix.
"It's all about the fight. It's all about religious equality and everybody has the right to express themselves and chose their own religion. They don't have to pick from a cookie cutter religion that the Arizona Department of Transportation says is acceptable," Corbett told KPNX-TV.
Corbett says he was allowed to have his picture made wearing the colander, but was told the photo would have to be first pass a facial recognition technology system before it was approved.
"For me being able to actually convince them, go through the steps, and have it approved is huge."
Corbett was thrilled when he received his new colander photo ID in the mail, but now Arizona's Motor Vehicle Division wants to revoke it, stating that the license was issued in error.
Corbett is now searching for an attorney to represent him for religious discrimination.
Then he should be required to wear it whenever he’s out driving.
It’s the fine strain collander wearing Pastafarians you have to worry about. They are trouble.
“Cavanaugh v Bartelt”. United States District Court for the District of Nebraska. 12 April 2016.
The court ruled: “This is not a question of theology”, the ruling reads in part. “The FSM Gospel is plainly a work of satire, meant to entertain while making a pointed political statement. To read it as religious doctrine would be little different from grounding a ‘religious exercise’ on any other work of fiction.”
No, but your fellow non-believing atheists are. See atheistic Nazi's and Communists. Mockery of religion does not make one morally superior.
I read years ago where a cop pulled over a guy whose photo on the driver’s license showed him wearing a pasta strainer.
The cop gave him a ticket for driving without the strainer.
That’ll show the wise guy.
“...which believes their heaven consists of a beer volcano and stripper factory. “
I hope this isn’t one of the denizens of the stripper factory!
As one may drive with or without a hat, so too may one drive with or without one’s colander.
Without is advisable because the holes let in the brain probing rays from the little green men in the Mothership. Tinfoil ! !
As one may drive with or without a hat, so too may one drive with or without one’s colander.
Without is advisable because the holes let in the brain probing rays from the little green men in the Mothership. Tinfoil ! !
Reminds me of the bit Johnny carson did about the lady that would trade a spaghetti dinner for sexual favors she is a pastatute
It’s their constitutional right. Radical Islamists and their hippie friends should stop whining about them.
They don’t believe in God, and boy do they hate Him!
The Church of the Sub-Genius and The Nudist Christian Church filed briefs in support of the Pastafarians. The Church of Scientology, for unknown reasons, declined to comment on this case.
That is not a true strainer!...apostate!!!!
THAT woman was NOT born in 1977!
Let him. but ensure that he understands that if he gets pulled over and he’s NOT wearing it, he will be considered driving without his licence, or criminally disguised, as the photo does not closely resemble the person.
Fight fire with fire, and give them enough rope to hang themselves.
Hahahaha..sidesplitting :-)
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