A Nebraska judge has denied a prisoner’s lawsuit that claimed he was denied his right to worship his “God”, the Flying Spaghetti Monster. The defendant also claims he faced discrimination for his faith and was mocked for his beliefs. According to ABC: Stephen Cavanaugh sued the Department of Correctional Services and penitentiary officials in 2014 seeking $5 million and a court order mandating that inmates who practice FSMism receive the same rights and privileges as inmates who practice other religions. U.S. District Judge John Gerrard dismissed the lawsuit on Tuesday. He said in his ruling that “FSMism” is not a religion as outlined by federal law, but “a parody intended to advance an argument about science, the evolution of life and the place of religion in public education.” Gerrard said those issues are important and that FSMism contains a serious argument, “but that does not mean that the trappings of the satire used to make that argument are entitled to protection as a ‘religion,'” the Lincoln Journal Star ( http://bit.ly/1SCqb7C ) reported. He also said Cavanaugh, 24, didn’t sufficiently back up claims that he had been prevented from exercising his religion while serving time in the Nebraska State Penitentiary on assault and weapons [...]