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Local man starts Flying Spaghetti Monster congregation in response to borough assemblys invocation
http://homernews.com/local-news-news/2018-01-03/local-man-starts-flying-spaghetti-monster-congregation-response-borough
Local man starts Flying Spaghetti Monster congregation in response to borough assembly’s invocation policy
Ever since the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly’s controversial policy regarding invocations before meetings was updated and finalized in 2016, people across the peninsula have been voicing their support or frustration, some more vigorously than others.
One man, McNeil Canyon area resident Barrett Fletcher, is going so far as to start up a local congregation of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster on the lower peninsula.
The church, called FSM for short, was formed in 2005 as a response to the Kansas State Board of Education’s hearings on evolution in schools — its founder sent a letter about FSM as a way to argue against teaching creationism in biology classes.