The Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster can perform weddings in New Zealand (Picture: Facebook)

Couples will now be able to say their wedding vows in front of a representative from the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

Yep, if you live in New Zealand you can be wed by a ‘Ministeroni’ from the ‘Pastafarian’ religion.

The country just gave the organisation the OK.

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Karen Martyn is the first ‘Ministeroni’ (Picture: Stuff)

Their first marriage celebrant is Karen Martyn who will travel New Zealand performing the unions, according to Stuff.co.nz.

But she’ll have to wait for her first one as a couple who were planning to get hitched in one of the church’s ceremonies called it off.



‘Our happy couple made the Wise Decision (after traveling together for several weeks) to NOT tie the noodley knot – a wise decision noted the Ministeroni: “Tis always better to be alone, wishing you were knotted, than to be knotted and wishing you weren’t.” R’Amen!’ the church wrote on Facebook.

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Jeff Montgomery, who is New Zealand’s registrar-general of births, deaths and marriages, defended his decision to allow the religion to carry out weddings.

‘Most approved organizations are faith-based and cluster around well-known religious views, however, a number have what might be considered an “alternative philosophy”,’ he said.

‘These include Yoga, Wicca, Scientology, Heathen, Druid, Humanist, Spiritual Healing and Reiki followers.’

Pastafarians believe a flying spaghetti monster (FSM) created the Earth.

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