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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-11 06:36 PM
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‘Pastafarian’ religious headgear gives new meaning to ‘cookware’
Edited on Thu Jul-14-11 06:37 PM by BrklynLiberal
Source: The Daily Caller


Freedom of religion has gone to a new extreme, as Austrian authorities have decided wearing a pasta strainer on one’s head in a driver’s license photo is a state-protected form of religious expression, according to the BBC.

Austrian Niko Alm told reporters that he recently won a three-year battle to wear a strainer-hat in his license photo as a type of religious headgear.

A self-described “pastafarian” and member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, Alm decided a sieve would be the best sign of his religious devotion, and submitted a picture of him wearing the kitchen equipment along with his application for a license in 2008.

Initially, the application only earned Alm a mandatory appointment with a doctor to confirm that he was mentally fit to drive. But after a three-year wait, authorities sent Alm his card in the mail. He now says the processed license signifies Austrian recognition of the colander’s religious importance.

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An undated photo provided by Niko Alm on Thursday, July 14, 2011, showing his driving license photo. It has to be strangest piece of identification in Austria - if not the world. Alm's new drivers license shows him wearing a pasta strainer as headgear. A tongue-in cheek atheist, Alm submitted the photo as part of applying for a new license to test an Austrian law stipulating that head coverings were allowed in official documents only for religious reasons. Alm said he was a "pastafarian," and the headpiece was required for his religion. Alm said that it took three years to have the licensee issued. Police officials say religion was never an issue. They say the photo fulfills the criterion of leaving Alm's face fully recognizable. (AP Photo/Niko Alm, ho)

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JuniperLea Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-11 06:37 PM
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1. A lot of my high school chums cooked their brains...
But not to al dente!

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rug Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-11 07:00 PM
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2. Why is a picture of a man with a tin pot on his head in GDP?
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sudopod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-11 10:02 PM
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5. Don't be so mad.
Edited on Thu Jul-14-11 10:03 PM by sudopod
God will get even with him in the end, right?
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enuegii Donating Member (624 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-11 07:24 PM
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3. Well, as long as he believes in a magical father figure in the sky,
it's all good, isn't it?

People have been doing it for years, apparently.
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BrklynLiberal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jul-14-11 08:20 PM
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4. General Discussion:Presidency?
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Ikonoklast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jul-15-11 02:37 PM
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6. All Hail His Noodly Appendage!
He should have gone for a Pirate's hat, however.

Ramen.
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