Mormons outraged after Hegseth military policy no longer counts LDS as Christian
Mormons outraged after Hegseth military policy no longer counts LDS as Christian
Mormons outraged after Hegseth military policy no longer counts LDS as Christian
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.