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.

    • Leviathan@lemmy.world
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      7 days ago

      LDS is one of the richest organized religions in the US, they are also one of the biggest sources of insane right wing propaganda online. They are almost singularly responsible for purity culture and the Maha movement. They fund a massive amount of influencers online who don’t explicitly identify themselves as Mormon, but push people towards their cult and other Mormons recognize the dog whistles.

    • MML@sh.itjust.works
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      7 days ago

      I can ask them, remember how we literally had this conversation a few years ago? I don’t expect to get an honest answer though.