An article by Mariah Cooper in the Washington Blade, dated 16 December 2015, reporting that the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster was officially granted permission by New Zealand's registrar-general of births, deaths and marriages to perform marriage ceremonies including same-sex ceremonies.
Facts
Citation
PublisherWashington Blade
Publication Year2015
URLhttps://www.washingtonblade.com/2015/12/16/church-flying-spaghetti-monster-can-officiate-sex-marriages/
Source Typejournalism
Assessment
Reliability Tier2
An established LGBT-focused newspaper reporting directly on the government approval, corroborated the same day by HuffPost's independent account. NotesCited for the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster's sexuality-position and its detail.
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This source names Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster directly: "16 December 2015, reporting that the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster was officially granted permission by New Zealand's registrar-general of births, deaths and marriages to perform marriage..."
This source names Washington directly: "An article by Mariah Cooper in the Washington Blade, dated 16 December 2015, reporting that the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster was officially granted permission by New Zealand's..."
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This source backs 11 claims across the atlas. As facts: 8 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds. Plus 1 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
Disposition By Topic
- Sources, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds.
- Religions, 2 claims: 1 well-attested, 1 general references.
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