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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    Lol mormons aren’t christian tho. They believe in like Jesus 2.0. So mormonism should be filed under the sequel Christianity 2.0

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    What does it mean when a religion is officially recognised by the military? Do they get extra time for prayers or something?

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    I’m honestly more surprised that JWs and Christian Scientists are listed under “Christian” than that Mormons aren’t. All of those are considered cults, rather than legitimate denominations, by mainstream Christianity (Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant).

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    Yeah, dumbasses, what did you think was going to happen when you vote for a theocracy where your version of the religion isn’t the main one that the fascists in power worship?

    First they came for others but now you’re next and honestly I don’t care if they come for you guys because overall your religion has been dog shit awful and your awfulness spread to the rest of us sane Americans who don’t worship a the alter of the golden obese cow.

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    I wish Mormons would be outraged over something that mattered, like the sexual abuse in their church, or the fact their church supporting mormon thieves and scammers across the country, who have stolen over a billion dollars from their fellow Americans.

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    I wish my mother was still alive so I could show this and laugh at her for subjecting me to Mormon shit.