Head of church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster loses religious discrimination case against Hazel Chu

The Workplace Relations Commission has dismissed a claim that Green Party councillor Hazel Chu discriminated against a member of a non-faith group on religious grounds during her term of office as Lord Mayor of Dublin.

John Hamill, a representative of the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster and atheism campaigner, claimed Ms Chu had breached the Equal Status Act by treating a non-religious representative body less favourably than others with a religious belief over the availability of the Lord Mayor’s garden to host events.

Mr Hamill complained to the WRC that Ms Chu as Lord Mayor had allocated public resources to faith-based groups in late 2020 at a time when he was refused access to similar facilities on behalf of the Dublin City Inter-Non-Faith Forum, (DCINFF) despite many written requests.

He outlined how he became aware in December 2020 that Ms Chu had arranged for a series of different religious groups to hold services known as Rewind 2020 in the Lord Mayor’s Garden…

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