Defense Department cut roughly 180 religion codes from previous list, with mostly Christian denominations remaining

Mormon leaders, military veterans and elected officials reacted with anger to a new Department of Defense policy that does not consider The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to be a Christian religion as part of a wider effort to cut down the U.S. military’s list of recognized faiths.

“The Pentagon’s decision to list The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints apart from other Christian faiths is wrong and needs to be corrected,” Republican Rep. Mike Kennedy, of heavily Mormon Utah, wrote on X on Sunday.

  • Soggy@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    15 days ago

    Which is, quite frankly, an argument that holds some weight if you’re concerned about splitting hairs regarding religious purity (and it’s an argument that’s been going on for a very long time). I won’t be surprised if we wind up with a schism and official American Christian Church out of all this.