Tuesday, December 14, 2010

No Salami in Festivus

(Orange County, California) The attorney for an inmate Malcolm Alarmo King at the county jail convinced Superior Court Judge Derek G. Johnson that Festivus is a legitimate religion which allowed King to receive a 'kosher diet' of double portions without salami.
[For those who may not know, Festivus was created by the writing staff of the Seinfeld television program for a show about an alternative to celebrating Christmas.]
According to defense attorney Fred Thiagarajah, when King was prosecuted for a felony controlled substance charge, he said eating salami was against his religion.
Judge Johnson pulled King’s lawyer and the prosecutor aside and said he needed a religion to put down on the order to make it stick, explained Thiagarajah.

“I said Festivus,” said Thiagarajah. The order was granted – three non-salami meals a day.
It all sounds silly but I wouldn't be surprised if we saw Festivus churches soon. Probably all that's needed is for some "prophet" to write the Book of Festivus. Amen.

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