pastafarism and religous acceptence

to whom it concerns,
hello.
first off may our noodly lord bless you in his sauce.
we are the pastafarians.
the most peaceful and fastest growing alternative religion.
We have never fought or killed for our beliefs.
we have not yet taken extreame action for them.
but we do deserve fair and equal rights as a recognized religion.
our great country of America was formed under the belief of freedom of choice.
from fast food to web blogging sites. we have always had more choices.
that is the priciple of democracy right?
well that is not the case sometimes.
our public school system's teach "alternatives" to evolution for beleivers.
it is called "intelligent design"
Normally this means that Christianity is taught.
We pastafarians demand that we are also taught alongside the other religions.
yet we are rejected.
People say that our beliefs are "crazy" and "stupid"
but then again, isnt the idea of one man creating the entire world stupid?
is the idea that a single man can part an ocean stupid?
well that sounds like magic to us.
Now we beleive a slightly different story.
A giant flying spaghetti monster can do these things.
We beleive that FSM designed us in the image of his chosen people, pirates
the world needs to view us as an organized movement.
we need to break the silence.
the reader of this must realize that he or she holds in their hands a level of commitment unseen in modern alternative religions. they must think about the principles of which our nation was founded on. they must think about the millions of people who have been blessed by FSM.
Won't you please consider us as a authentic religion?
Did not the ancient people think the same way of christianity? how about Judism or any of the religions that you call "authentic"?
All men were created equal, does this not apply to all men's beliefs?
Here is the signatures of many of our beleivers. We hope that you will find democracy to be an American value of importance.
RAmen
~saint Rob Mehlig of Ragu~
July 4th, 2006