The B.C. man fighting for Pastafarian religious rights in a pirate hat now has a lawyer
A B.C. man who says wearing a pirate tricorn hat or a colander is part of his religion has been denied a request to wear the attire in a photograph for his security guard licence.
“It seems so absolutely absurd that so much time and resources and staff power is being spent to stop some little guy like me wearing a tricorn to express his religious views.” The latest challenge centred on the man’s attempt to bring his argument of religious freedom to the Security Programs Division of the Ministry of Public Safety and Solicitor General. When his bid to wear a pirate hat for his security guard ID failed, Smith took his case to B.C.’s Ombudsperson.
“You are a Pastafarian and member of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster which mocks religious beliefs and certain religious practices," the tribunal told Smith. But Smith said focusing on that part of the ruling fails to place emphasis on another section that says the state should not become “the arbiter of religious dogma.”
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