According to the Sun, British retail and grocery chain Tesco has been accused of religious discrimination because they banned a Jedi for wearing a hooded garment. Such garments are considered sacred by followers of Jediism, known as Jedis.

"I walked past a Muslim lady in a veil. Surely the same rules should apply to everyone" said Jedi Daniel Jones.

Indeed, many religions have strict rules about the appearance of their followers, including rules concerning clothing. As Daniel cited, there are rules governing what Islamic women must wear, and also Islamic men must dress modestly, with tunics or long shirts encouraged and silk and saffron colored items are strictly forbidden. The Amish share rules of modesty as well for clothing, adding that they be darkly colored and that fastenings be hook and eye. All Christians and Jews are forbidden from cross-dressing and wearing linen and wool together. Sikh men must wear turbans , Jews have their yarmulkes, and of course the Mormons have their magic underwear. So is it really that outlandish to hear the Jedis must "wear a hood up in any public place of a large audience"?

Clearly in the UK, such religious dress requirements are tolerated as they are here in the US. Most places wouldn't deny service or entry into their establishments for dressing according to the rules of their religions, so why should Tesco single out the Jedi? Why must they be singled out, especially when there are reportedly almost 400,000 of them in the UK?

A Tesco spokesman said: "We would ask Jedis to remove hoods. Obi-Wan Kenobi, Yoda and Luke Skywalker all went hoodless without going to the Dark Side."

Now really, why not lecture a Muslim woman on how according to the Koran, she didn't really have to wear a veil? How about encouraging the Muslim men to shop for silk? Do they ask the Sikh men to remove their turbans? So where do they get off lecturing the Jedi on their hoods when it states explicitly in their bible that they must wear them up?

I think this is pretty cut and dry religious discrimination.

By the way, could it be that our President is caught up in this new faith as well?