{"id":265649,"date":"2017-06-02T17:04:06","date_gmt":"2017-06-02T21:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rael.org\/?p=265649"},"modified":"2020-11-16T14:56:19","modified_gmt":"2020-11-16T19:56:19","slug":"flying-spaghetti-monster-devotee-wins-right-to-wear-colander-on-head-in-id","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/nl\/flying-spaghetti-monster-devotee-wins-right-to-wear-colander-on-head-in-id\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying Spaghetti Monster devotee wins right to wear colander on head in ID"},"content":{"rendered":"
RAEL\u2019S COMMENT:<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n
Excellent! If Jews can wear kippa everybody should be allowed to wear their religious hat\u2026 Even spaghetti Monster worshipers\u2026<\/strong><\/span><\/h5>\n

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Religious struggle comes in many forms. For one Arizona man it\u2019s all about winning the right to wear a colander on his head in his driver\u2019s license photo.<\/p>\n

Sean Corbett is a pastafarian, meaning he\u2019s a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and has been fighting for years to be allowed to wear his \u2018religious\u2019 headgear.<\/p>\n

He eventually succeeded, but it might not last for long, as the state of Arizona is threatening to void his license. Most states do not permit the wearing of headgear in a driver’s license photo, though exceptions are made for religious reasons.<\/p>\n

RT.com caught up with Corbett to find out about his fight and why he chose to become a pastafarian.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis has been going on for about two and a half years now. I discovered the religion about three years ago and did a lot of research about it,\u201d\u00a0Corbett said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI agreed with its values and essential moral compass and in this day and age, where it seems like religion has been used as a weapon against other people, I wanted to find something that was peaceful, fun, and lighthearted such as myself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Upon studying the religion, Corbett discovered that pastafarians place spaghetti colanders on their heads and he decided to update his government ID with the \u2018headgear.\u2019<\/p>\n

Government agencies initially refused, but this didn\u2019t deter Corbett who, after a couple of years, managed to convince one of the managers at a branch of the Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to allow him to use the photo.<\/p>\n

\u201cShe warned me that they would issue me a temporary [license] but there was no guarantee that I would receive an actual license in the mail if it didn’t pass the screening classes. So I was willing to take the concession and move forward for the sake of actually getting further than I had ever gone before,\u201d\u00a0Corbett said, adding that the received the license almost a month later and was\u00a0\u201creally ecstatic about it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The state has since said it will void Corbett\u2019s license. However, he has a plan.<\/p>\n

\u201cRight now there is a stop on it, so it’s currently under investigation, so I have no idea which way this is going to go. However, if they decide to revoke the license then they will put themselves in a position where they’re open to a lawsuit.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cYou simply just can’t assume my level of belief. So are they questioning the validity of the religion or are they questioning my belief? It’s really not their place to assume or even investigate, in my opinion. I am more than happy to go on the record officially and state that I am a true believer of the pastafarian religion.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pastafarianism was initially set up in 2005 to mock the decision of Kansas authorities to introduce a new subject called\u00a0\u201cintelligent design\u201d\u00a0into public schools. The subject was to teach about the creator of the universe and was viewed as an alternative to the teaching of evolution.<\/p>\n

Pastafarianism is based on the belief that the world was created by the deity, the Flying Spaghetti Monster. They worship pirates who are thought of as being the original Pastafarians. They also think that heaven has a Beer Volcano and a Stripper Factory. Many do not take Pastafarianism seriously, viewing it as\u00a0\u201cparody\u201d\u00a0of real faith.<\/p>\n

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RAEL\u2019S COMMENT: Excellent! If Jews can wear kippa everybody should be allowed to wear their religious hat\u2026 Even spaghetti Monster worshipers\u2026  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":71,"featured_media":283977,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-265649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/71"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=265649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/265649\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/283977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=265649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=265649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/noproxy.rael.org\/nl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=265649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}