A New Jersey man went to the Motor Vehicle Commission office and refused to take a pasta strainer off his head for an ID picture.

The 25-year-old man explained that the pasta strainer was a religious head covering because he practices Pastafarianism, the religion of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

He was given a police warning (?), and eventually agreed to have his picture taken without the strainer.

FYI: An Austrian who also described himself as a Pastafarian won a three-year court battle in his country to have his driver's license photo taken with a pasta strainer on his head.