An Austrian has won the right to be photographed wearing a pasta strainer for his driving licence on grounds of religious freedom.
"My headwear has now been recognised by the Republic of Austria."
The spaghetti church was founded in 2005 in opposition to pressure on the Kansas school board in the United States to teach the theory of intelligent design in biology class as an alternative to evolution, and since then it has engaged in a light-hearted campaign against religion.
Key to the beliefs of pastafarians is that the world was created by the Flying Spaghetti Monster, but, owing to the monster being inebriated at the time of creation, it has a flawed design. Pastafarians also believe heaven has a beer volcano and a factory producing strippers.
Niko Alm first applied for the licence three years ago after reading that headgear was allowed in official pictures only for confessional reasons. Mr Alm said the sieve was a requirement of his religion, pastafarianism.
Mr Alm's pastafarian-style application for a driving licence was a response to the Austrian recognition of confessional.
Niko has obviously been touched by His noodely appendage. Ramen!
2 comments:
Al dente, sister!
LOL Alison!
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