{"id":115281,"date":"2026-06-08T16:47:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:47:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/08\/the-pentagon-changed-its-religious-classifications-after-outrage-from-lds-lawmakers-news-of-the-united-states-notus\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T16:47:26","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T16:47:26","slug":"the-pentagon-changed-its-religious-classifications-after-outrage-from-lds-lawmakers-news-of-the-united-states-notus","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/08\/the-pentagon-changed-its-religious-classifications-after-outrage-from-lds-lawmakers-news-of-the-united-states-notus\/","title":{"rendered":"The Pentagon Changed Its Religious Classifications After Outrage From LDS Lawmakers &#8211; News of the United States &#8211; NOTUS"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMihgFBVV95cUxPMjlXUnhnQjEzRTZET3JZeDRHMzE5MVBPSFJIX0tFbEhWV3k4YkZxSWZWWko4Q2U4Z0FPa0loRW5ZVlROcDdWWUZZNG1fNEZrUjVCQ3RMYzRRenVjaG5TOUt1eTFmTDE0LVVxVExsY2Q1QWtSMTAtbEZpX3IwWEFQVGxhZWJrQQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">The Pentagon Changed Its Religious Classifications After Outrage From LDS Lawmakers<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">News of the United States &#8211; NOTUS<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMie0FVX3lxTFAyZVdnZ1RDYjBtaXJIRkNZN25kT2l3czNfU0lYeUxFS0lQQjlZeDhrWEFUM25TNkdlMEdDS2hFeDI4elpYNmhWSHhRUkpKTlFaUFFHd1AybDd5VGJVdVVIX2JySWgzMHAtSi1rYXpxc09JY0NiTmFZX0VrWQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pentagon updates list of recognized religious affiliations after backlash from Mormon lawmakers<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">CNN<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMilwFBVV95cUxNNE5TQ2ZaXzdfVkZuNlZCTW1udVpnekVrRk5VRHlNSUx4akI5SnM1eXRkQmFtTTlFV0dhdGZZLVdJa2xPN1pGbnViN1pEZVZwTjFYeUpnZmNXOGc3eTNVRjVrM2tNaEtuYmFKWDlEdkh0LVA4anNnZmlDZXM3ZTFfUVV2T2xWUjA3REhOcUV0RHJKbkFXM204?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">LDS groups and Utah Republicans rage as military no longer counts church as Christian under Hegseth religion list shake-up<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Yahoo<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMinAFBVV95cUxPb3FrbFNBRXZIVk0tMXl0a3o5Rl9kQUc0M3lRbS03UWdhaGk2Tmg0ZjdzYzltSGhucEs4OElNYk5SX3JiN3N4cGpVLXN2b1ZtS3FOQnFoWGthX2M4NURRYTY1QVllX19EdEt2YTAzX1BJMkNCTDB3cXBBQW1oWm52ck41T3E3UmRTSHNxbDNlclZyNFN1bnZMUjZDQ18?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">DOD Officially Drops 180 Faiths From Military&#8217;s Recognized Religion List<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Military.com<\/font><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMiuAFBVV95cUxOREFsR3lfaFgyd2tNbndiajVLNm9oMVpGaWFRSEhnbmMyenVUeDRJbHJaWHh4OEcyQlU2QVRxODJ4dGtSRU9MV2hpYW9UaFVNMmt4aDk4TVZLa0Y3SFRvS3FpYkM3ZFVMZGQ0Q2ZlNWtSa2NVN0RJSGNrczRWUmVMdU1BeXA2ZFRoa280bml1UUdYSzhjdHNwUTNJQ25NaHJUSzdIZzF5QXk3c3h2Zk9nMTFkRXIyRDNQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Defense Department slashes its religious designations list from more than 200 choices to 31<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">AP News<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pentagon Changed Its Religious Classifications After Outrage From LDS Lawmakers&nbsp;&nbsp;News of the United States &#8211; NOTUS Pentagon updates list of recognized religious affiliations after&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/08\/the-pentagon-changed-its-religious-classifications-after-outrage-from-lds-lawmakers-news-of-the-united-states-notus\/\" class=\"read-more\">[more]<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[70],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-115281","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115281","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=115281"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115281\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115281"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115281"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115281"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}