BOSTON (AP) — A Massachusetts agency is letting a woman who belongs to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster wear a colander on her head in her driver’s license photo after she cited her religious beliefs.
Lowell resident Lindsay Miller said Friday that she “absolutely loves the history and the story” of Pastafarians, whose website says has existed in secrecy for hundreds of years and entered the mainstream in 2005.
Miller says wearing the spaghetti strainer allows her to express her beliefs, like other religions are allowed to do.
A spokesman for the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles says policy does not permit head coverings or hats on license photos, but exceptions are made for religious reasons.
Lawyer Patty DeJuneas calls Pastafarianism a “secular religion that uses parody to make its point.”
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Is it wrong for me to say, retard?
Well she’s not Mormon ! Give her credit for that.I’m sure mesaman Will have something mormon to say about eating pasta
Does it make me an infidel if I don’t like pasta? Kinda weird but I like it.
I bet ya ten bucks he says.. Bite Me. !!!!! LOL
i guess if they let the muslims wear their terrorist headgear then this is no worse.
But does she wear it everywhere else? Or just in the license photo? Some people will do pretty much anything for their 15-minutes of fame… even if they look stupid.
Well then take it off your head .and go get another drivers license picture .and we will forget all about you