The Dutch council of state has announced their verdict that they will not recognize Pastafarianism as a religion after a Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster follower requested to wear a colander in her passport and driver’s license photos,reports The Guardian.
The Netherlands’ highest court denied follower Mienke de Wilde’s request to wear the colander after she claimed that the kitchenware was considered official religious headwear. The court ruled that Pastafarianism was not a serious faith and that they would not recognize the colander as religious attire.
The church was founded in 2005 by Bobby Henderson, who requested that teaching time be set aside in science classes for Flying Spaghetti Monsterism, and reportedly in response to Christians pushing for creationism to be taught in schools.Followers of the faith worship the Flying Spaghetti Monster,wear colanders on their heads, and honor pirates as the original Pastafarians. They also reject “crazy nonsense, or ” eat copious amounts of pasta,and respect all sentient beings.
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