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Georgia won't let Pastafarian wear colander in license photo
Whether or not Chris Avino could sport a colander in his driver’s license photo became an issue for the Georgia Department of Driver Services.
Avino got a temporary ID sporting the strainer after telling people it was a religious headdress. He is a member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. But the department officials later changed their minds and said Avino would have to retake the picture.
A colander, they said, is just a colander.
Massachusetts Pastafarian Lindsay Miller went through a similar experience.
Read more: http://www.statesman.com/news/news/crime-law/georgia-wont-allow-pastafarian-to-wear-colander-in/npt4h/
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