Photos: Oh my! Pagan priest wins battle to wear goat horns on driver's licence. Weird!

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US - An ordained Pagan priest has been allowed to wear goat horns in his driver's licence photo after he appealed to the state of Maine.

Phelan Moonsong said he always wears his goat horns unless he is sleeping or bathing. He claims they serve as his spiritual antennae and help him educate others about Paganism.

Another photo in license, after the cut

He applied to update his driver's licence in August and explained his religion to a motor vehicles employee, but was told he had to appeal to the Secretary of State's office.

After providing more information, he was told his ID had been rejected by the Bureau of Motor Vehicles in November.

Mr Moonsong, of Millinocket, Maine, was told by the American Civil Liberties Union that it was unable to provide legal assistance for his case, but the state department has eventually granted his request.

A spokeswoman for the Maine Secretary of State's office said the goat horns had been allowed because Mr Moonsong had cited their religious purposes and because they did not obstruct his face.

He questioned why he was made to appeal in the first place, and also why the ACLU refused to take his case.

He said: "What I was requesting should have been accepted according to what was written in statute and guidelines."

It should be no different than a nun wearing a habit, or a Sikh wearing a turban, he added.

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