Pastafarianism

Pastafarianism (a word play on rastafarianism) is a religion that was created by a physics graduate from Oregon State University, to mock intelligent design during the Kitzmiller trial. While initially only a satirical letter, the religion has since grown into a semi-serious movement against religious laws.

Origins
During the Kitzmiller trial, many thousands of people wrote in to the Kansas School Board. Many were scientists, appalled at the lack of scientific standards in the intelligent design that the 6 (out of 10) conservative board members were pushing, and somewhat abrasive.

Bobby Henderson added humor to an otherwise humorless decision, when he wrote his open letter to the Kansas School Board. Choice comments:

Four school board members responded to the letter, only three of them positively.

Pirates
Extending his parody from the controversy over ID to that over global warming, Henderson added:

The Church of the Flying Spaghetti monster has kept up the good fight, publishing incontrovertible evidence of the pirates-temperature link. Luckily, as the Church notes, "[p]irates, in many ways, are experiencing a renaissance in America right now." The unpirate scourge shall walk the plank any day now!