Student Punished For Spaghetti Beliefs »
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"student has been suspended from school in America for coming to class dressed as a pirate. But the disciplinary action has provoked controversy - because the student says that the ban violates his rights, as the pirate costume is part of his religion."
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Fedquip1 year, 5 months ago
Any story that mentions my Pastafarian friends is an automatic vote up.
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icelander1 year, 5 months ago
Voted up, for the glory of the Flying Spaghetti Monster. Long may He reign!
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Harbeas1 year, 5 months ago
Wearing a pirate outfit because of his religion! Next we will have people comming naked because they are nudists. School is a place for educating not flaunting your beliefs. Particularly if they interfere with the other students ability to learn and concentrate.
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AnvilHead1 year, 5 months ago
Well not really nude because they were wearing Woad.
On the Woad again I just love to be on the Woad again.....
All hail Lugh of the long arm the many skilled....
Sorry, my inner Druid just got away from me!
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Unlucky3201 year, 5 months ago
First of all let me say that I am religious. With that said, if prayer is not allowed in school how can a person wearing something promoting their religion be allowed? I think kids should be made to wear uniforms, that would stop all of this kind of stuff and would equal out the school.
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earthlingerer1 year, 5 months ago
You are right on target! How can we let this religious crap under the guise of "intelligent design" in our schools, which gives this student to flaunt his equally ridiculous beliefs.
Kids should be made to wear uniforms. Uniforms purchased by the schools and local government.
And the uniforms should only come in certain sizes, so that overweight kids will have to lose weight, or be kicked out until they're healthy, and the same that students who are too thin will be forced to attain a healthy weight.
Students could also be identified by a number, such that teachers will not be able to discriminate or reward based on gender or race.
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ConquerorWyrm1 year, 5 months ago
"...how can a person wearing something promoting their religion be allowed?"
Like crosses & crucifix's? Those are a couple of religious idols that are worn everyday to public schools and they are allowed, regardless how grossly offensive they are.
(grossly offensive? yes! such was a means of torture and death and I for one have never understood why some people praise and worship what is basically a torture/murder instrument - the cross...I mean, had Jesus been hung, would people be wearing nooses around their necks? Gallows with human fruit hanging from steeples all across America? Or how about had he been impaled a la Prince Vlad's favorite game? Imagine all the little images of Jesus we'd see hanging around peoples necks from little gold chains...twisted in agony with a greased pole working it's way through the rectum...
Yes, celebrating grotesque murder and turning it into a false idol is disgusting, sick and really warped)
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thomas9981 year, 5 months ago
I would agree, but only when they ban Jews from wearing yarmulkes and muslims from wearing head scarves. If the schools want to bow down to one relegion then they should have to bow down to all of them no matter how insane.
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brothers1 year, 5 months ago
There are several religions that I can think of that require special dress codes no matter where they are. Would you not allow them to go to school because of that??? If you would want to be fair then all schools should have a uniform of some sort and that being the standard dress code for all students no matter what religion they belong to. Otherwise, no school for them. Then these kids will have to form their own school so that they can dress the way their religion dictates. My, that would mean a lot of new schools and the state school budget would sky rocket. I can just see it.
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earthlingerer1 year, 5 months ago
Religious schools can't be funded the same as public schools.
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crimsonsplendor1 year, 5 months ago
i've never seen this in the states (as i'm a canadian ex-pat) but i know in canada male muslims (i believe) are allowed to bring their ceremonial knives (forget the name of them) to school. want ridiculous? that's ridiculous.
this kid rocks though. actually, i think dressing like pirates should be mandatory for all school children.. yarrrrrrr
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WCFIELDS1 year, 5 months ago
FALSE RELIGION! The one true religion is the "CARGO" religion practised on some of the South Seas Islands.
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JohnChasWebb1 year, 5 months ago
Fun stuff!
The next time that I am putting an evergreen tree in my living room (Christmas) and then into water and wiring it with electricty (lights) I shall recall the Pastafarian religion! :-)
The guys who wear those large pointy hats (Rome) don't like turf invasions!
That kid will be a good lawyer!
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mbkijb1 year, 5 months ago
My oldest kid (16) thinks she is a pirate...but she despises ninjas...
She really doesn't like spaghetti, but I make her eat it.
And she is the one I understand the most..lol...go figure.
>:{~SSSSSSSSsssssssssssss>>>>
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aceofspades11 year, 5 months ago
Next thing they'll try to ban Pastafarian prayer in school.
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sjm2341 year, 5 months ago
im just wondering if we can have this wonderful pastafarians thing and everyone seems to be for it and dressing the way you want in school i think we should all make a religion and call it dickafarians and we can dress are kids as little dildo's and send them to school and we could where them to work screw them its our religion and we could have our own MONSTER mascott to im sure we could find one in the crowd
(yea they both sound equally stupid)
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CaptainShev1 year, 5 months ago
Dude - the Flying Spaghetti Monster was dreamt up by Dawkins as a way of showing how daft all religion is... This kid is asserting his right to a religion, and at the same time sticking a finger up at the idea of institutional religion
Just goes to show, there's always someone gullible enough to believe...
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icelander1 year, 5 months ago
Dawkins didn't think up the FSM. It was originally conceived by someone to make the Kansas Board of Education look like fools for teach intelligent design, and has taken on a life of its own.
http://www.venganza.org/about/open-letter/
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kobzikov1 year, 5 months ago
This is no joke. Flying Spaghetti Monster is very much real and is responsible for all creation, including the evidence of evolution.
Ye must convert and repent! For the hour of PASTAcalypse is at hand! Soon the meatballs will rain from the sky and water will turn to spaghetti. Unless ye heed the warning divine beer volcanoes and heavenly stripper factory of paradise will not manifest to you in your afterlife.
Alright, on a semi-serious note. You can find out more about Pastafarianism at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flying_Spaghetti_M...
and also check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Gospel_of_the_...
This is a spoof religion, but it's quite real. At least in the sense that you can buy its gospels on amazon.
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Ghostcapt1 year, 5 months ago
Anyway you look at it, it still boils down to freedom of speach. He hasn't broken any laws and I doubt theres even a rule banning costumes, religious or other wise. are costumes banned around Holloween? I doubt it.
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KYRed1 year, 5 months ago
Heh, heh, heh, heh, heh. Freedom of religion. Heh, heh, heh. Go kid.
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ConquerorWyrm1 year, 5 months ago
When this kid is old enough, I'd love to buy him a beer!
Discordia still exists!
Now if we could just achieve a revival of the Sub-Genius...
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mbkijb1 year, 5 months ago
Aarr, you again??? :)~
My oldest, who thinks she is a pirate (see above), is bugging me to buy a parrot, which I was planning on buying anyhow.(However, there are other, pressing priorities in my life at the moment that need fund allocation more, but I am sick enough to fit them all in.)
The girl who owns her raised her up from an egg. I am not talking about my kid-I am the one who raised that one up from an egg-lol. and no, she (the pirate) is not a bird. Just a pirate.
She was telling me how when she (?-I thought I was the one getting the bird) gets the bird, she is going to wear it to school on her shoulder-She is a cockatoo, and no, not the pirate. The bird. I think the school would let her too-they have a live dog who comes to school with the superintendent. Could you imagine a dead dog being dragged around by the superindendent?
so...WHAT IS YOUR POINT, MATEY?
PS- that would make two kids, three dogs, a ferret, a parrot, and a pirate. Oh, and a significant other. (?)
P2u2
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mbkijb1 year, 5 months ago
PSS You should see her confusion on "Anti piracy laws"....
She makes me laugh every step of the way.
The pirate. My kid- NOT the bird.
Don't have her yet.
Smile!
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ConquerorWyrm1 year, 5 months ago
I empathize...My 17 yo daughter, ever since learning her ancestry travels a strait line from members of Capt. Teach's (Blackbeard) ship (first officer specifically), she's been unstoppable in her piratization. Only my pirate wants a monkey (which I am more than willing to provide were it not for the missus and her absolute horror at hosting a monkey in the house which I can't understand at all)
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