An Austrian atheist has won the right to be shown on his driving-licence photo wearing a pasta strainer as "religious headgear".Good for him. One of the things that bugs me about a number of organized religions is that they want the government to recognize that they are a religion and, in many cases, ban everyone else's religion.
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.
I hold that religion is no business of the government. Any government. And yes, I'd be all in favor of removing all special treatment in tax policies for religions. It's not the state's business who you want to worship or where.
(H/T)
2 comments:
That bit of awesomeness is exactly why the FSM was created in the first place, and I applaud that man's efforts.
Another interesting tidbit of that story is that he had to undergo a psychiatric evaluation as a requirement of wearing the colander. Seems only fitting that every last person wanting religious headgear ought to be required to jump through the same hoop. It's only fair.
Dare I say "Amen!" ?
:-)
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