Defense Department cut roughly 180 religion codes from previous list, with mostly Christian denominations remaining

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.

  • w3dd1e@lemmy.zip
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    3 days ago

    Yes! That’s the one! My bf lives by that one and I live by the other monument they built. This one is right in downtown Independence MO, which is also a very low-income area with a lot of homeless people. It’s jarring to see that sticking up amongst it all.

    For those of you who don’t know, there are a lot of Mormons in the KC area because some of them believe the Garden of Eden is a short drive north of KC and that Jesus will return to Independence, MO.

    I see more Mormon churches in the KC metro than any other religion, although, I don’t know any practicing Mormons myself.

    • Lka1988@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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      2 days ago

      although, I don’t know any practicing Mormons myself.

      They tend to be a bit quieter about their religion when not in a predominantly Mormon area like Utah.

      • w3dd1e@lemmy.zip
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        2 days ago

        That’s what is kinda weird to me. Kansas City has a surprisingly high population of them here. That’s why it’s weird that I don’t know any. From where I sit right this very second I can see a Community of Christ church. And, their headquarters is here.

        • Lka1988@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
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          2 days ago

          Interesting. Hilariously, the CoC (heh, cock) is much closer to the original Mormon church in terms of practices than the far larger mainstream sect.