It's All Fun and Games
Until you have to explain your religious (non)beliefs when you shuffles off this mortal coil....
The Registry of Motor Vehicles has allowed a Massachusetts woman to wear
a spaghetti strainer on her head in her driving licence picture as an
expression of her “Pastafarian” religion.
Lindsay Miller fought the RMV to wear the metal headgear as a sign of
her religion. The RMV does not allow drivers to wear hats in their
pictures, unless it is for a medical or religious purpose.
Miller won her appeal with the RMV thanks to the help of an attorney
associated with the American Humanist Association.
As a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, I feel delighted that my Pastafarianism has been respected by the Massachusetts RMV,” Miller said. “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.” When Miller initially applied for her driving licence, she was denied the ability to wear the colander.
A friend of Miller’s contacted the American Humanist Association on her behalf, and the group helped file an administrative appeal. Miller was due to attend an October hearing on the subject, but it was postponed and the RMV opted to let her obtain a drivering licence wearing the colander on Thursday. The American Humanist Association said Pastafarians believe the existence of a Flying Spaghetti Monster is “just as probable as the existence of the Christian God.”
Woman wins fight to wear spaghetti strainer on her head for driving license photo
As a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, I feel delighted that my Pastafarianism has been respected by the Massachusetts RMV,” Miller said. “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.” When Miller initially applied for her driving licence, she was denied the ability to wear the colander.
A friend of Miller’s contacted the American Humanist Association on her behalf, and the group helped file an administrative appeal. Miller was due to attend an October hearing on the subject, but it was postponed and the RMV opted to let her obtain a drivering licence wearing the colander on Thursday. The American Humanist Association said Pastafarians believe the existence of a Flying Spaghetti Monster is “just as probable as the existence of the Christian God.”
posted by jope @ November 19, 2015
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