Pastor from the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster pastor led 'Pastafarian prayers' at a government meeting in Alaska
The invocation took place after a court ruling paved the way for nontraditional religions to participate. Fletcher spoke for around 90 seconds and stated that he hoped the FSM would allow the assembly members"an ample supply of their favorite beverage at the end of this evening's work," before ending the prayer with a final declaration of"ramen."
The prayer appears to have been met with only a moderate amount of disapproval from the audience. A June invocation by a Satanic Temple memberFletcher, who says he finds the idea of an invocation before a government meeting"offensive," had started the local chapter of the church in response to the Kenai Peninsula Borough Assembly's 2016 policy limiting the nature of invocations before meetings, according to a January 2018.
The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster was first established in 2005. Supporters are seen here at the 2010"Rally to Restore Sanity and/or Fear" in Washington, D.C.The American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska, joined by several parties including a Jewish woman and an atheist, filed against the borough in 2016. The Alaska Supreme Court ruled the policy unconstitutional in October 2018. The policy was changed that November to allow anyone to offer invocations, regardless of religion.
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