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College bans Flying Spaghetti Monster poster as ‘religiously offensive’

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February 11, 2014

You know Michaelangelo's “>stepped into the role of Adam on “Arrested Development.”

The South Bank Atheist Society at London's South Bank University used a modified version of Michaelangelo's masterpiece. Instead of God reaching out to Adam, they substituted in a flying spaghetti monster on a poster to promote an upcoming event. And that was too much for student union officials, who removed the poster for being “religiously offensive.”

The Independent “>South Bank University is a public institution, but keep in mind that England has no First Amendment. (That was painfully clear in the wake of the Edward Snowden NSA revelations last summer.) But the move comes off as heavy-handed and not in the least bit in the spirit of a place of higher learning.

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