Even I know not to tell a woman what to wear.

Ok, so when Jihadi Jane shows up and wants to have her picture taken with her veil on, the DMV is going to say...what, precisely?

That happened several years ago in Florida. The woman wanted her driver's license photo to be in full niqab. It was denied because there is no right to drive. I don't know how the above was decided, but perhaps there is an accomodation rule for religious garb that doesn't prevent identification (e.g., a Sikh turban) and the colander was allowed under equal opportunity grounds.

Love her photo expression.

Does she wear the colander every day? Is wearing it daily actually required by the tenets of pastafarianism?

This is nothing more than a publicity stunt.

Pastafarians have done this for a number of years. Most states have an exemption for religious hats, under which the colander qualifies. Objects which obscure the face (glasses included) are often refused.

Not a problem. Make it mandatory for her to wear it at all times while driving, or she is driving without a valid license.

The state can play stupid games too.

Maybe the best lesson about Bobby Henderson's exercise is the rampant hypocrisy of the professing Christian.

When they get letters to their site, a surprising number are vile.

Aside from simple exercises as found here - where others assert some desire to see others behave as they wish.

I don't love it. I can't quite articulate why. It's because she doesn't actually believe it, she's just making fun of people who do have beliefs. I find it obnoxious and can't get excited about it.

I'm with the others, make it a requirement for her to wear it when she drives.

meh, it's a hat, so what?... the requirement should be I should be able to see her face.

Personally, I think you shouldn't be able to wear a hat, either, but it looks like they've already made the exemptions...

In any case, it just has to apply to EVERYONE, and we're done.

It doesn't obscure her face, and if anything you might consider her point might actually be that accommodations for religion when it comes time to taking driver's licenses are stupid.

And believe it? It's not clear from the day to day activities of many who claim to believe that they believe. But come Lent or Yom Kippur or Eid...

Personally though, I am triggered that the article places scare quotes around The Flying Spaghetti Monster as if his Noodliness was made up tosh!

If you would like to learn more about Pastafarians and The Church of The Flying Spaghetti Monster, please watch this video:

https://vimeo.com/31543194

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http://www.venganza.org/about/

Count me with NicoleK. (First paragraph, at least.)

Whatever I might think of it, our legal principles hold that if you let some people wear headwear in their photos, you have to let anyone do it. However, I will say it figures that it's an aluminum one.

I can't quite articulate why. It's because she doesn't actually believe it, she's just making fun of people who do have beliefs. I find it obnoxious and can't get excited about it.

As I recall, Pastafarianism started when religious zealots wanted to force creationism into the classroom. Since the US government is not allowed to openly prefer one religion over another, Pastafarians demanded equal time in the classroom. This was their way of showing how dumb the Christian demands were.

This woman seems to be following the same principle. She saw religious exemptions allowing people to wear headgear in their pictures, but she was told it wasn't allowed. So she claimed her rights under Pastafarianism. Very much in the spirit of the original founding.

Personally, I think she's right to make the point, but she screwed up. The original goal was to prevent government from making allowances for a specific religion. She missed the target, and has caused government to make more exceptions.

It reminds me of the issue here, where muslim parents wanted their children to skip swimming lessons, because the classes mix boys and girls together. The final decision was "your kids must attend". The decision didn't go quite far enough, because the girls are still allowed to wear burkinis, but it's a step in the right direction.

"I'm with the others, make it a requirement for her to wear it when she drives."

See what I mean?

I think she should have paid a bit more attention to her eye makeup.

The glare from that colander gives her a crazed but washed out kind of look.

If she gets pulled over, that license just screams, "step out of the car lady, and let's do a quick field sobriety test "

Isab,

The same is true for the pastafarian who wore a colander for his CCL here in Texas. In the end he had to have a full psych review because no one wanted to license a nut job.

this has been done before.

Read comments to discover some real pearls of humanity.

Radwaste,

The article is pretty funny too. 'Brave' for doing this in 'Mormon country'?

Oh no! The Mormons are coming! We may have to say 'no' and 'go away'. Maybe even twice. Oh, the horror. The horror.

Frivolous, obnoxious attention whoring. I've been an atheist my whole life, but atheists like this are an embarrassment.