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* The Church of the [[Flying Spaghetti Monster]] was established as a protest against teaching "intelligent design" in schools. The object was to demand equal time for Pastafarian theory.
** The use of Satanism as a religion (instead of merely being the flip side of [[Christianity]]) is sometimes this - as a protest against the Ten Commandments or other religious iconography on public lands, the Satanic Temple will often demand that a statue of a winged goat be given equal time, space or prominence.
** In many US states, a "minister of religion" from seemingly any denomination confers a few special privileges, most notably the right to officiate marriage. As the US does not directly recognise a right ''ex officio'' of sea captains to officiate, it's not uncommon for a captain to obtain other credentials (such as notary public, or minister of some obscure religious denomination whose lone brick-and-mortar chapel inexplicably ordained twelve million of its followers by mail) to conduct [[Married At Sea|weddings at sea]].
* Invisible Pink Unicorn, May Her Holy Hooves Never Be Shod.
* Various Cthulhu cults.
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