tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post3671328134166372171..comments2023-06-25T19:20:33.502+10:00Comments on Upside Down Under: Religious discrimination--an open letter to VicRoadsBenjamin Adyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03325520894212279303noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-6885693165755605972017-10-09T14:39:24.353+11:002017-10-09T14:39:24.353+11:00Appalling discrimination! Should be allowed, even ...Appalling discrimination! Should be allowed, even with meatballs and pasta. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12926994439948943489noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-8906801808772122392015-12-03T23:31:06.318+11:002015-12-03T23:31:06.318+11:00I'll be renewing my license here in SA in a co...I'll be renewing my license here in SA in a couple of years time and as a Pastafarian minister I expect to be able to wear my religious head wear. I am aware that SA fire-arms licenses have been issued (at least one anyway) that have allowed this.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-83178837700401680342015-12-01T07:11:42.299+11:002015-12-01T07:11:42.299+11:00Here in Canada I was also denied the right to wear...Here in Canada I was also denied the right to wear Pastafarian head gear and had to go to court. I won the right to wear muslim pirate headgear but not christian, jewish or pastafarian pirate head gear. May the Sauce be with you!Orecchiette Barbary Piratehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17833026132103449600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-87977198404377288162015-11-29T22:37:19.074+11:002015-11-29T22:37:19.074+11:00I've had interesting legal 'encounters'...I've had interesting legal 'encounters' with Vicroads and their overly conservative licencing department, including court appearances over their refusal to issue a licence that accurately showed my details ( similar to your case )<br />If this needs to go further, i can provide anecdotal, uneducated, unqualified legal opinion..<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05776981161322010806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-41325142959526359242015-11-29T08:38:34.880+11:002015-11-29T08:38:34.880+11:00We in Canada fully support the rights of all relig...We in Canada fully support the rights of all religions, no matter how small or insignificant to wear their identifying garments in official photographs. Charliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216024110236169960noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-84946263786446982182015-11-29T07:50:54.415+11:002015-11-29T07:50:54.415+11:00The Queensland Appendage of the Church of the Flyi...The Queensland Appendage of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (Australia) is right behind you. How dare they discriminate against your religion just because they don't really know much about it. The Flying Spaghetti Monster is absolutely as real as the Christian, Islamic, Sikh, Hindu (and the list goes on...) gods.Hilton Travishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05320101024049706410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-90318949243418044362015-11-29T07:50:44.346+11:002015-11-29T07:50:44.346+11:00The Queensland Appendage of the Church of the Flyi...The Queensland Appendage of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster (Australia) is right behind you. How dare they discriminate against your religion just because they don't really know much about it. The Flying Spaghetti Monster is absolutely as real as the Christian, Islamic, Sikh, Hindu (and the list goes on...) gods.Hilton Travishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05320101024049706410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-88096906153455916772015-11-29T07:20:32.291+11:002015-11-29T07:20:32.291+11:00Good luck from CanadaGood luck from CanadaPLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05076425425609320429noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-53725019361752402092015-11-29T06:59:15.630+11:002015-11-29T06:59:15.630+11:00Take it up with Human Rights. VicRoads may not eve...Take it up with Human Rights. VicRoads may not even answer. The same needs to be done here in SA. What's ridiculous is that unlike other religions, we actually have evidence of his existence in the form of pasta. One of the more verifiable religions and people have the nerve to say the FSM doesn't exist? GonzoAdrenalinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07725417993405429491noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-30813947365555761582015-11-29T00:35:37.546+11:002015-11-29T00:35:37.546+11:00I thought you may also like to see all the support...I thought you may also like to see all the support you are getting on Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/groups/181753425298669/permalink/658930340914306 and https://www.facebook.com/thechurchoftheflyingspaghettimonsteraustralia/posts/973411509371603 R'amen!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355588107499427710noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-60810339170080542622015-11-28T23:25:49.498+11:002015-11-28T23:25:49.498+11:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16021195595612499935noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-82134617597869798672015-11-28T21:47:05.822+11:002015-11-28T21:47:05.822+11:00My imaginary god of choice is just as real and as ...My imaginary god of choice is just as real and as valid as their imaginary god of choice !Doughttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03274970928188387992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-63615440592599034632015-11-28T21:14:57.785+11:002015-11-28T21:14:57.785+11:00Good luck!Good luck!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-43340212965960110762015-11-28T20:21:20.309+11:002015-11-28T20:21:20.309+11:00Stay with it!
Stay with it!<br />Ryan Townsendhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11159571401327261793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-40931305924813633102015-11-28T20:03:53.006+11:002015-11-28T20:03:53.006+11:00You absolutely should be able to wear your colande...You absolutely should be able to wear your colander. As a previous poster said, either all headgear is allowed or none should be. I hope you are triumphant in your effort to represent His Noodliness.Jodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09145459160338807889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-83148404751640784842015-11-28T20:03:37.215+11:002015-11-28T20:03:37.215+11:00The Newcastle Appendage of the Church of the Flyin...The Newcastle Appendage of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster supports your efforts to affirm your rights to equal treatment. What enables these petty bureaucrats to act as experts in world faiths? Wear your colander proudly. Ra amen.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03634612146847316035noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-47242934155493590102015-11-28T20:02:59.860+11:002015-11-28T20:02:59.860+11:00You absolutely should be able to wear your colande...You absolutely should be able to wear your colander. As a previous poster said, either all headgear is allowed or none should be. I hope you are triumphant in your effort to represent His Noodliness.Jodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09145459160338807889noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-1462729958847333042015-11-28T19:55:39.878+11:002015-11-28T19:55:39.878+11:00I'm personally disgusted by the way in which t...I'm personally disgusted by the way in which this was handled by VicRoads. Pastafarianism is as legitimate as any other religion and for that reason it would logically follow that a devout Pastafarian may retain his constitutional right to express his/her beliefs. This is profoundly discriminatory and frankly morally objectionable. I hope this is resolved and Pastafarians all over Victoria and Australia are treated on equal terms as those of other faiths.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13076434396162564373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-28773842814375069392015-11-28T19:52:09.614+11:002015-11-28T19:52:09.614+11:00http://www.humanrightscommission.vic.gov.au/index....http://www.humanrightscommission.vic.gov.au/index.php/types-of-discrimination/religious-belief-or-activityAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07437497581172176066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-33044559964122086772015-11-28T19:48:21.018+11:002015-11-28T19:48:21.018+11:00This comment has been removed by the author.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741376898593519492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-17318206863881527922015-11-28T19:47:12.764+11:002015-11-28T19:47:12.764+11:00Either you can or you can't! There is no in be...Either you can or you can't! There is no in between without adding a personal opinion into the equation. That is absolutely unacceptable! <br />We are Pastafarian! The FSM has touched us and all of mankind. Let it into your heart and feel it's noodly presence. <br />My beliefs are so strongly held that I have devoted my life to the noodly one. I am a minister of the church and I read the Gospel of the Flying Spaghetti Monster each day. <br />Sauce be upon you. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13741376898593519492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-79219996818630778222015-11-28T19:42:24.478+11:002015-11-28T19:42:24.478+11:00Hi Banjamin. The actions of these VicRoads represe...Hi Banjamin. The actions of these VicRoads representatives are disgraceful. Your religion - and your religious headgear - are *EVERY BIT* as valid and sacred as any other religion/religious headwear. We support your battle for fair and equal treatment by this renegade government organisation. Very un-Australian, VicRoads! For shame!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07437497581172176066noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-72629402190569080242015-11-28T19:35:20.698+11:002015-11-28T19:35:20.698+11:00This is blatant religious discrimination. Either n...This is blatant religious discrimination. Either no religious headwear is allowed, or it is all allowed. You can't pick and choose whose beliefs you accomodate. The oppression here is palpable; who is Vicroads to decide what religions they accommodate and which they don't? All or none. Tommohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505440132594331655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3025227960707001297.post-67336858915143185412015-11-28T16:27:25.628+11:002015-11-28T16:27:25.628+11:00Hi, I represent the Church of the Flying Spaghetti...Hi, I represent the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster Australia (CFSMA) and we would like to offer our support and assistance to you. We can be contacted at pastafarians.org.au or churchoftheFSMAustralia(at)gmail.com. R'amen! Captain Tanya WatkinsAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14355588107499427710noreply@blogger.com