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.

  • ReluctantMuskrat@lemmy.world
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    1 day ago

    This could impact a lot of Trump votes if not corrected too. I don’t think even he’s so dumb to alienate such a large voter base.

    • Leviathan@lemmy.world
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      19 hours ago

      I wish! I feel like they’ll vote Republican until one of their “prophets” tells them heavenly father told them otherwise.