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GOP Senator Erupts at Hegseth After Pentagon Declares Mormon Church ‘Not Christian’

A growing controversy inside the Trump administration has sparked an unusual revolt from within Republican ranks after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Pentagon implemented a religious classification change that has angered one of the GOP's own senators....

https://allchronology.com/2026/06/06/gop-senator-erupts-at-hegseth-after-pentagon-declares-mormon-church-not-christian/

GOP Senator Erupts at Hegseth After Pentagon Declares Mormon Church ‘Not Christian’

A growing controversy inside the Trump administration has sparked an unusual revolt from within Republican ranks after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s Pentagon implemented a religious classi…

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Barbara Monaco 6d ago

@retrophotos So Hegseth is a theologian now?

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Cheryl G Kasson 6d ago

@retrophotos https://www.military.com/dod-officially-drops-180-faiths-from-militarys-recognized-religion-list
[The new military code has now] "excluded minority faith/worldview groups including Atheists, Asatru, Deists, Druids, Eckankar, Heathens, Humanists, Magick, New Age churches, Pagan, Rosicrucianism, Shaman, Spiritualists, Troth, Unitarian Universalists and various Wiccans."

DOD Officially Drops 180 Faiths From Military's Recognized Religion List

Defense Secretary Hegseth previously announced the change due to an "impractical" system.

Military.com