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The first star wars film is released, which is where the basis of Jedism began
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In 2001, there was a mass email campaign that would tell people to put Jedism, under religion in their census's
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The temple of the Jedi Order is given formal recognition in Texas, USA
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Catholic Author Jon M. Sweeney writes an article about Jedism. Said article becomes most read on Explorefaith.org for that year
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23-year-old Daniel Jones founded The Church of Jediism with his brother Barney in the UK
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Daniel Jones was removed from a Tesco supermarket in Bangor, North Wales, for refusing to remove his hood on a religious basis. The owner justified Jones's ejection by saying, "He hasn't been banned. Jedis are very welcome to shop in our stores although we would ask them to remove their hoods. Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda and Luke Skywalker all appeared hoodless without ever going over to the Dark Side and we are only aware of the Emperor as one who never removed his hood."
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The Free Church of Scotland expressed concern that a proposed Marriage and Civil Partnership bill would "lead to Star Wars Jedi marrying couples". Patrick Day-Childs of The Church of Jediism, and Rev Michael Kitchen of Temple of the Jedi Order, both defended the right of Jedi to perform marriage ceremonies.
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The temple of the Jedi Order in Texas, USA is now eligible for tax exemption
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The students of Dokuz Eylül University in Turkey started a petition on Change.org demanding a Jedi temple be built on the campus. The petition was in response to a previous petition which had demanded a mosque on the campus of Istanbul Technical University (İTÜ). The petition demanding the mosque reached 180,000 signatures, falling short of its 200,000 target.
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the Charity Commission for England and Wales rejected an application to grant charitable organization status to The Temple of the Jedi Order, ruling that the group did not "promote moral or ethical improvement" for charity law purposes