Austria Recognizes Church Of The Flying Spaghetti Monster
Thursday, July 14, 2011 at 4:00PMNiko Alm has earned the right in Austria to wear a pasta strainer on his head for his driver license photo.
Amid public disbelief, the self-desribed “Pastafarian” litigated with the Austrian government for three years to justify his reliegious freedoms to openly practice his mock religion and demonstrate his allegiance by wearing religious dress on a government document.
The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster began in 2005, in reaction to a Kansas school-board decision to teach intelligent design as an alternative to evolution. Since its founding, the Church has gained precedent as a mockery of religious pretexts worldwide.
Alm wrote on his blog, “Today I was able to get my new driving licence, and in it you can clearly see that I’m wearing a colander on my head to demonstrate my allegiance to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.”
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