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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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[–] wolframhydroxide@sh.itjust.works 6 points 47 minutes ago (1 children)

Did you know that Mormons are actually preferentially given security clearances, since the United States Constitution is one of the foundational documents of their faith? Do you realize how many people with positions near nuclear sites, NSA datacenters, and CIA operations these bumblefucks are aggravating?

[–] partial_accumen@lemmy.world 2 points 25 minutes ago

Did you know that Mormons are actually preferentially given security clearances, since the United States Constitution is one of the foundational documents of their faith?

I didn't know that about LDS folks. Being a founding document of their faith, they must really be in support of the Constitution and would oppose all who would desecrate the document and its principles of law and liberty.

"According to Fox News’ 2024 election exit poll, among the Latter-day Saints surveyed 64% supported Trump and 32% supported Vice President Kamala Harris." source

...oh, nevermind.

[–] vk6flab@lemmy.radio 9 points 1 hour ago

.. as you sow, so shall you reap ..

[–] Formfiller@lemmy.world 6 points 57 minutes ago

Lmao. I love fascist infighting

[–] Alph4d0g@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 12 minutes ago

Eats popcorn as one camp of fairy tale believers questions the legitimacy of the other.

[–] eestileib@lemmy.blahaj.zone 4 points 39 minutes ago

Mormons thought they were white lmao

Ahh, Christian infighting.

[–] some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org 3 points 57 minutes ago

Haaaaaahaaaaaaahaaaaaaa!

You fucking schmucks. One of the best things about T2 is how nothing is shocking any more. They've turned outrage into comedy.

[–] SabinStargem@lemmy.today 18 points 2 hours ago

Mormons should use their wealth and connections to sue the DOD into reversing Hegseth's policies, and do so alongside other injured parties.

[–] GutterRat42@lemmy.world 1 points 41 minutes ago

Headset may just lose Utah for Trump. Whoops!

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 9 points 2 hours ago

oh I did not realize they were out to. uniatrians, bahai, and lds. I mean a lot more including wiccans

[–] frongt@lemmy.zip 130 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

The in-group just got a little bit smaller

[–] redsand@infosec.pub 4 points 46 minutes ago

A lot a bit. Remember the huge data centers in Utah for spying and government data storage? That's all staffed by strait laced mormons who can pass a drug test.

[–] meco03211@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago

First they came for...

[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 39 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

There's plenty of great videos on how this works in fascist circles by people, such as Innuendo Studios:

https://youtu.be/5Luu1Beb8ng?is=YM8DFDYAOYQRNjrn

He has a whole series on the alt-right. Wonderful analysis.

[–] homes@piefed.world 17 points 4 hours ago* (last edited 4 hours ago) (1 children)

One of my favorite YouTube series. If you’ve got some time, do yourself a favor and watch all of them. There is a playlist on the channel.

[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 hours ago (2 children)
[–] AmbitiousProcess@piefed.social 9 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

They're also on Nebula (paid though)

[–] NewNewAugustEast@lemmy.zip 10 points 2 hours ago* (last edited 2 hours ago)

Thank you! I have nebula. I get in the habit of only going to the four or so things I watch, I need to browse around some more.

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[–] kmartburrito@lemmy.world 111 points 5 hours ago
[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 56 points 5 hours ago

Guess what, self-described "good Christian"s of America, you're going to get kicked out of the in-group as soon as it's convenient for the MAGA Republican party.

[–] The_v@lemmy.world 77 points 5 hours ago (3 children)

😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😅🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂

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[–] LuxSpark@lemmy.cafe 58 points 5 hours ago

Fascists shocked to find themselves on the wrong end of the stick.

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