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The Department of War updated its religious designations list for military service members Monday following backlash over Mormons not being recognized as a denomination of Christianity.<\/p>\n

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The Department of War revised its list of recognized faiths from 211 to 31 in a May 20 memorandum, according to Military.com. While 21 of the 31 religious designations recognized various denominations of Christianity, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was not recognized as a denomination of Christianity, CNN reported.<\/p>\n

Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee\u00a0reacted to the Department of War\u2019s decision not to recognize Mormons as a denomination of Christianity in a video he shared on X.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it\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: that is those belonging to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,\u201d Lee said.<\/p>\n

\u201cI find this offensive, not just because that happens to be my faith and not just because it happens to be the faith of tens of thousands of US 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 he continued. (RELATED: $1.15 Trillion In Defense Spending Approved By House Armed Services Committee)<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Similarly, Republican Utah Rep. Mike Kennedy urged the Department of War to correct its list, according to CNN.<\/p>\n

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The department issued an updated list Monday via its Rapid Response X account, removing \u201cChristian\u201d as an identifier altogether. The updated list includes \u201csimplified faith codes\u201d to refer to each denomination, with \u201cCJ\u201d representing Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and \u201cCA\u201d representing Catholic. In addition, agnosticism is represented as \u201cAN,\u201d Buddhism is represented as \u201cBU,\u201d and no religion is represented as \u201cNR.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cIn order to clarify the work of chaplains, and simplify the work of commanders, the Pentagon has consolidated and simplified the list to roughly thirty codes \u2014 using the previously used labels for faiths.\u201d<\/p>\n

\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 post read.<\/p>\n

War Secretary Pete Hegseth announced plans to streamline faith affiliation codes in March, according to a press release. At the time, Hegseth also announced that military chaplains will wear their religious insignia instead of their rank insignia on their uniforms.<\/p>\n

Atheists, Deists, Druids, and New Age churches are among the faith codes that have been excluded from the Department of War\u2019s updated list of recognized faiths, according to Military.com.<\/p>\n

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