Woman wears colander on her head for driver's license photo

ENID, Okla. -- A woman in Oklahoma took her driver's license picture with a colander on her head. And the reason she did it -- she claims it is religious headgear.

Shawna Hammond says she did it to make a statement. Under Oklahoma laws, your driver's license picture cannot have shadows and your face cannot be obscured. The colander met the requirements.

Hammond is an atheist, but she told the Department of Motor Vehicles that she is a "pastafarian." She says she believes no one should be forced into religious beliefs.

"For me the colander represents freedom, our freedom of religion and to whatever religion we prefer or even lack of religion," she said.

As for being a pastafarian -- it is a real thing. It came into being about 10 years ago when a man wrote a letter to a school board talking about a flying spaghetti monster, equating that to creationism being taught in schools.