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Mormons outraged after Hegseth military policy no longer counts LDS as Christian (www.independent.co.uk)

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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.

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[–] Davel23@fedia.io 35 points 7 hours ago

Normally it's so the armed forces can provide access to religious services as needed, and accommodate funeral rites if necessary. But just as with most other things this administration uses it for discrimination.