By Jill Reilly for MailOnline
'Pastafarian' allowed to wear spaghetti strainer on her head in driving licence photo because it is classed as 'religious headgear'
• Shawna Hammond was permitted the unusual headgear in Oklahoma
• She said the colander represents her 'religious freedom'
• Pastafarianism was created in 2005 and has followers across the world
• Members believe an invisible alien made of spaghetti and meatballs created the universe after 'drinking heavily'
A female
driver in Oklahoma was allowed to pose for her driver's license wearing a
spaghetti strainer on her head because it falls under the state's rules
for religious headwear.
driver in Oklahoma was allowed to pose for her driver's license wearing a
spaghetti strainer on her head because it falls under the state's rules
for religious headwear.
Shawna
Hammond claims she needs to wear the colander as it is part of her
faith as a Pastafarian in the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Hammond claims she needs to wear the colander as it is part of her
faith as a Pastafarian in the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Pastafarianism,
which was founded by an atheist in 2005 to protest against the teaching
of creationism in school and to poke fun at religion, uses the
spaghetti strainer as its symbol.
which was founded by an atheist in 2005 to protest against the teaching
of creationism in school and to poke fun at religion, uses the
spaghetti strainer as its symbol.
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