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Church of Flying Spaghetti Monster approved to perform marriages... [View all]
http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/weddings/75107725/church-of-flying-spaghetti-monster-approved-to-perform-marriages
Church of Flying Spaghetti Monster approved to perform marriages
They wear colanders on their heads and describe their religion as "pastafarianism".
Now the adherents of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster have been approved to perform marriage ceremonies in New Zealand.
The application from the church was approved by the registrar-general of births, deaths and marriages and listed in the New Zealand Gazette.
https://gazette.govt.nz/notice/id/2015-go7246
Marriage (Approval of Organisations) Notice No. 22
Pursuant to the Marriage Act 1955, the Registrar-General of Marriages hereby gives notice as follows.
N o t i c e
1. This notice may be cited as the Marriage (Approval of Organisations) Notice No. 22.
2. The organisation specified in the Schedule hereto is hereby declared to be an approved organisation for the purpose of the Marriage Act 1955.
Schedule
Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.
Dated at Wellington this 10th day of December 2015.
JEFF MONTGOMERY, Registrar-General.
We've been "Gazetted"!!!
Go Kiwis!
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