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Georgia Pastafarian can wear colander in Nevada license photo
http://www.ajc.com/news/news/local-govt-politics/georgia-pastafarian-can-wear-colander-in-nevada-li/nqMWw/
Georgia Pastafarian can wear colander in Nevada license photo
When Chris Avino learned he would have to take a new driver’s license photo — this time, without a colander on his head — he vowed to fight the state of Georgia until the colander received the same religious headdress status as any hijab or yarmulke.
There was just one problem: by the time Avino was told that he’d need a new photo, he’d already moved from his parents’ Snellville address.
Instead of fighting to keep it on his noodle in Georgia, Avino simply got a Nevada driver’s license in mid-January. That state let him wear a colander in his photo.
“I was tired of waiting,” Avino said in an email.