Mormonism was not among the religions that lost official recognition by the Defense Department on Friday. But the new list of recognized faiths includes a category for Christian denominations, and Mormonism was placed outside that category
Kudos to the Salt Lake Tribune for not going along with Trump/Hegseth’s “Department of War” bullshit, btw. They don’t even call it that with a disclaimer, the way lots of news orgs shamefully do

Update: Utah has two Republican senators and this policy pissed both of them off, so it has been quietly reversed

https://www.politico.com/news/2026/06/08/pentagon-latter-day-saints-christianity-00953583

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Pentagon walks back Latter-day Saints Church classification after pushback from Utah lawmakers

In an update to faith codes, the Pentagon had classified the religion as separate from Christianity.

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@jalefkowit of course, all of the others that were slighted apparently no longer exist in their demented minds.
@jalefkowit Are they not sufficiently war-like for Kegbreath, and his Christofascists?
@jalefkowit might be stuck with warfighters forever though