Flying Spaghetti Monster

It seems like a reasonable request to me. If you're going to teach Intelligent Design, you should admit that there are alternative views of how Intelligent Design took place:

Let us remember that there are multiple theories of Intelligent Design. I and many others around the world are of the strong belief that the universe was created by a Flying Spaghetti Monster. It was He who created all that we see and all that we feel. We feel strongly that the overwhelming scientific evidence pointing towards evolutionary processes is nothing but a coincidence, put in place by Him.

This guy sent his letter on the subject (including the empirical evidence in favor of the inverse relationship between the number of pirates on the earth and global warming) to the Kansas school board. He received responses from some board members, my favorite including this snippet:

Your web site is fascinating. I will add your theory to a long list of alternative theories I intend to introduce when it is appropriate. I am practicing how to do this with a straight face which is difficult since it's such a ridiculous subject; it is also very sad that we are even having the discussion.

Onward to the sixteenth century, but laughing on the way!