Quirky World: US woman allowed to wear colander on head for driving licence on religious terms

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Quirky World: US woman allowed to wear colander on head for driving licence on religious terms

US: A Massachusetts agency is letting a woman who belongs to the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster wear a colander on her head in her driver’s license photo after she cited her religious beliefs.

Lindsay Miller said she “absolutely loves the history and the story” of Pastafarians, whose website says has existed in secrecy for hundreds of years and entered the mainstream in 2005. Miller says wearing the spaghetti strainer allows her to express her beliefs, like other religions are allowed to do.

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