{"id":11649,"date":"2008-05-17T11:11:00","date_gmt":"2008-05-17T11:11:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2008\/05\/17\/flying-spaghetti-monster-statue-outside-of\/"},"modified":"2008-05-17T11:11:00","modified_gmt":"2008-05-17T11:11:00","slug":"flying-spaghetti-monster-statue-outside-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2008\/05\/17\/flying-spaghetti-monster-statue-outside-of\/","title":{"rendered":"Flying Spaghetti Monster Statue Outside of Tennessee Courthouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/flying-spaghetti-monster-statue-outside-of-tennessee-courthouse\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.driko.org\/blogicons\/fsm_TNstatue.jpg\" width=\"350\" height=\"343\" alt=\"FSM statue at Tennessee courthouse\" \/><\/a><br \/>It delights me to no end to see a <a href=\"http:\/\/laughingsquid.com\/flying-spaghetti-monster-statue-outside-of-tennessee-courthouse\/\" target=\"_blank\">Flying Spaghetti Monster Statue outside of a Tennessee courthouse<\/a>, especially when accompanied by such a great statement made by the <a href=\"http:\/\/itlovesyou.blogspot.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Crossville, TN Chapter of The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster<\/a>, the organization that put it there:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We are lucky enough to live in a country that allows us, its citizens, the freedom of speech. I have chosen to put up a <a href=\"http:\/\/www.venganza.org\/2008\/03\/31\/courthouse-statue.htm\" target=\"_blank\">statue of the Flying Spaghetti Monster<\/a> to represent the discourse between people of all different beliefs. The many faiths, ethnicities and backgrounds of Cumberland County&rsquo;s residents make our community a stronger richer place. I respect and am proud that on the people&rsquo;s lawn, the county courthouse, all of these diverse beliefs can come together in a positive dialogue. Here, we are all able to share the issues close to our hearts whether it is through a memorial to the soldiers killed fighting for our country, the Statue of Liberty honoring our nations welcoming promise to all, a group&rsquo;s fight to stop homelessness, or powerful symbols of faith. I greatly treasure this open forum between everyone in the community.<\/p>\n<p>The Flying Spaghetti Monster is a pile of noodles and meatballs, but it is meant to open up discussion and provoke thought. Being able to put up a statue is a celebration of our freedom as Americans; a freedom to be different, to express those differences, and to do it amongst neighbors &#8211; even if it is in a noodley way.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Ramen.<\/p>\n<div class=\"tags\">tags: <\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/driko\/fsm\" rel=\"tag\" target=\"_blank\">fsm<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/driko\/religion\" rel=\"tag\" target=\"_blank\">religion<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/driko\/politics\" rel=\"tag\" target=\"_blank\">politics<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/del.icio.us\/driko\/humor\" rel=\"tag\" target=\"_blank\">humor<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"blogger-post-footer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" src=\"https:\/\/blogger.googleusercontent.com\/tracker\/3501955-5344208034183650871?l=www.driko.org\" alt=\"\" \/><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It delights me to no end to see a Flying Spaghetti Monster Statue outside of a Tennessee courthouse, especially when accompanied by such a great statement made by the Crossville, TN Chapter of The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, the organization that put it there: We are lucky enough to live in a country &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/2008\/05\/17\/flying-spaghetti-monster-statue-outside-of\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Flying Spaghetti Monster Statue Outside of Tennessee Courthouse&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[118],"class_list":["post-11649","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-imported"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11649","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11649"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11649\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11649"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11649"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.driko.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11649"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}