Pentagon updates religious codes after criticism from Mormons
On Friday, the Pentagon cut the number of religious affiliation codes from over 200 to 31 to help military chaplains streamline religious support services.
Pentagon updates list of recognized religious affiliations after backlash from Mormon lawmakers
The Pentagon has updated its list of verified religious affiliations for service members used in HR systems and removed the “Christian” designation from several faiths after facing backlash over the ...
Pentagon reworks ‘offensive’ policy affecting LDS after Mormon lawmakers loudly protest
The Pentagon has reworked a list of religious designations service members can register as after Mormon lawmakers in Congress blew up over a previous list that did not include the Church of Jesus ...
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Pentagon updates US military's list of recognized religions following backlash from Mormons
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Pentagon revises religious classifications amid backlash from LDS Church
Mormon lawmakers blasted the Pentagon for its reduction and reclassification of recognized religions. Here's why.
Pentagon walks back Hegseth’s Mormon snub after MAGA lawmaker’s anger
Pentagon walks back Mormon snub on Pete Hegseth’s recognized religions list after MAGA lawmaker goes ballistic - Hegseth, already under scrutiny for favoring some Christian groups, faced surprise back ...
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Pete Hegseth makes screeching U-turn on Pentagon religious codes after Mormon outrage
Pete Hegseth's Department of War (DOW) has issued a new listing of religious codes after facing a furious backlash over its classification of Mormons as not being Christians. The DOW on Monday ...
GOP Lawmakers Protest Pentagon’s Removal of Mormonism From Religion List
Pete Hegseth has enraged top Mormon officials in the Republican Party by declaring that their faith no longer counts as Christian belief as far as the Defense Department is concerned. “It’s just ...
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Pentagon’s religion list prompts backlash, response from department
(DC Bureau) – Days after announcing changes to the military’s list of religious affiliation categorizations, the Pentagon has reworked the list again following backlash. The military’s categorization ...
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TheBlaze's Allie Beth Stuckey on Pentagon editing religious codes after backlash: “I'm glad that there wasn't any kind of formal apology”
ALLIE BETH STUCKEY (HOST): Now, I do not expect Trump to get in some kind of theological quibble over this at all. And, of course, Latter-day Saints are Republicans. Mormons are conservatives. And so, ...
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Pentagon walks back Mormon snub on Pete Hegseth’s recognized religions list after MAGA lawmaker goes ballistic
Pentagon officials reversed course on Monday and announced an update to a list of officially recognized religions that service members use to define their faith practices on their personnel records ...