{"id":981,"date":"2026-06-08T12:14:19","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:14:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=981"},"modified":"2026-06-08T12:14:19","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T12:14:19","slug":"republicans-rage-at-pentagon-pete-over-repugnant-religion-move","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=981","title":{"rendered":"Republicans Rage at Pentagon Pete Over \u2018Repugnant\u2019 Religion Move"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>Pete Hegseth has enraged top Mormon officials in the Republican Party by declaring that their faith no longer counts as a religion as far as the Defense Department is concerned. <\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=979\">Newsom Trolls \u2018Grandpa\u2019 Trump Over Late-Night Meltdown<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s 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 Mike Lee, a GOP Senator for Utah and himself an adherent of the Mormon faith, said in a video tirade posted on X late Sunday. <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Lee began his clip by describing prohibitions on government interference with religious belief as a key tenet of the freedoms afforded to Americans under the Constitution. \u201cI\u2019m imploring people at the Pentagon to reconsider this\u2014and not just reconsider it, but undo it,\u201d he concluded. \u201cSecretary Hegseth\u2014tear down that wall! This is not cool! Get rid of it, get rid of it now!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The Defense Department announced Friday that it is cutting down the number of religious identities servicemembers can register on their personnel records from more than 200 to just 31. <\/p>\n<p>Members of the military can now identify as Christian, Jewish, Muslim, Sikh, Buddhist, Hindu, Baha\u2019i, or agnostic, but not Wiccan, pagan, humanist, or atheist. There remain 22 Christian denominations to choose from. Mormonism is not one of them.<\/p>\n<p>Hegseth\u2019s press secretary, Sean Parnell, described it as a \u201clong overdue move.\u201d He insisted the department is not casting aspersions on the sincerity of religions removed from the list, so much as trying to streamline support for religious servicemembers. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThis decrease in religious affiliation codes is not designed to make any claims on the legitimacy of any faith or religious belief, nor is it intended to provide a list of \u201cofficially approved\u201d religions,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=977\">Frantic Trump\u2019s Alarming Sleep Habit Exposed in Overnight Meltdown<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cRather, it is designed to allow chaplains to quickly look at the religious composition of their units and determine how they structure resources to best provide for warfighters of all faith groups,\u201d he added. <\/p>\n<p>Ranking Mormon members of the Republican Party are having none of it, and Lee is certainly not alone in his outrage.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Pentagon\u2019s decision to list The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints apart from other Christian faiths is wrong and needs to be corrected,\u201d Rep. Mike Kennedy, also of Utah, wrote in an X post Sunday. <\/p>\n<p>\u201c[We] stand alongside many Christians of every tradition in following the teachings of Christ. We only ask to be accurately portrayed. I strongly urge the Department to correct the record,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>Lee\u2019s fellow Utah senator, John Curtis, also a Mormon, slammed the exclusion on the grounds that members of his faith \u201care among the most patriotic, service-oriented individuals in our country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey are also unequivocally Christian\u2014just look at who is in the name of the Church,\u201d he added. \u201cIt is unacceptable for a government entity to characterize a faith in a manner that contradicts the religion\u2019s own foundational tenets. I am working now to ensure a correction is made.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/nationwideinterstatemovers.com\/?p=975\">\u2018Alarm Bells\u2019 Ringing as Key Voters Turn Against Trump<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>The Daily Beast has contacted the Pentagon for further comment on this story. <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pete Hegseth has enraged top Mormon officials in the Republican Party by declaring that their faith no longer counts as a religion as far as the Defense Department is concerned. 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