{"id":464,"date":"2026-06-08T21:43:29","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T21:43:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=464"},"modified":"2026-06-08T21:43:29","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T21:43:29","slug":"pentagon-revises-religious-affiliation-list-after-backlash-from-mormons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=464","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon Revises Religious Affiliation List After Backlash From Mormons"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<h2>Crucial Quote<\/h2>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s very unfortunate that the Pentagon has chosen to identify basically every faith group in America that professes faith in Jesus Christ as Christian, with one exception\u2014that is those belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,\u201d Lee said in a <u>video message<\/u> posted on social media before the updated list was released. \u201cI find this offensive, not just because this happens to be my faith, but not just because it happens to be the faith of tens of thousands of U.S. military personnel. But it\u2019s also just repugnant to any sense of decency, any sense of our common heritage and our common belief that the government needs to not weigh in on doctrinal disputes between various religious denominations.\u201d The Pentagon seemed to echo Lee\u2019s statement on Monday, confirming \u201cthe Pentagon\u2019s job is not to adjudicate theological debates, but instead to ensure sincerely-held faith is respected and encouraged in our ranks.\u201d The Pentagon had no further comment on the changes when reached by Forbes.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=460\">\u2018Hot Girls Read\u2019 Trademark Sparks Intense BookTok Controversy<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Key Background<\/h2>\n<p>The Pentagon\u2019s changes to the list come months after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth promised to make the military\u2019s &#8220;Chaplain Corps Great Again,\u201d insisting in a <u>March video<\/u> the organization had been \u201cinfected by political correctness and secular humanism.\u201d Hegseth is a devout evangelical Christian, and has led <u>prayer<\/u> <u>sessions<\/u> with servicemembers at the Pentagon in recent months\u2014including a controversial session where he prayed for \u201coverwhelming violence\u201d against the military\u2019s enemies in the midst of the Iran war.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/coasttocoastmoverss.com\/?p=458\">Kennedy Center Begins Dropping Trump Name<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mormon lawmakers, including both senators from Utah, took issue with an update to the military\u2019s religious denomination classification system.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":463,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-464","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-breaking-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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