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Mormons outraged after Hegseth military policy no longer counts LDS as Christian (www.independent.co.uk)

submitted 5 months ago by resipsaloquitur@lemmy.cafe to c/leopardsatemyface@lemmy.world

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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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[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

Am I reading correct that they spent only a couple of grand? That isn't a lot.

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[–] reddig33@lemmy.world 2 points 5 months ago (1 child)

Yep you’re right. Supposedly the LDS church doesn’t donate to political campaigns (per Google). Though I find it difficult to believe they don’t use their massive fortune to influence elections.

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[–] a_non_monotonic_function@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago

There aren't that many of them and I don't believe the influence is that big outside of where they live.

I mean, yeah, the government loves hiring them. But that's because they don't have any of the traditional vices. They don't get drunk cuz they don't.....

But I don't think they're ending the fed anytime soon.

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