{"id":115319,"date":"2026-06-08T17:48:06","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:48:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/08\/pentagon-updates-list-of-recognized-religious-affiliations-after-backlash-from-mormon-lawmakers-cnn\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T17:48:06","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T17:48:06","slug":"pentagon-updates-list-of-recognized-religious-affiliations-after-backlash-from-mormon-lawmakers-cnn","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/08\/pentagon-updates-list-of-recognized-religious-affiliations-after-backlash-from-mormon-lawmakers-cnn\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon updates list of recognized religious affiliations after backlash from Mormon lawmakers &#8211; CNN"},"content":{"rendered":"<ol>\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\/CBMikwFBVV95cUxOUElBNDluV3VXS0NLUjlsS185SlcwQnpHOVFMVlNLSlA5a2xKMWVyTVQ5N1hzbzZuT0lfMHhfUGd2Z1d3RWJvajdBZzQ5UG1udEh6X0dPRVg3RXQ0XzRJWGE0R09wTkZjZzNXZ2pzdWhUbTBvU2ZYTEplUHRidFZtRzBLLU9BRzYxOHdjTjlaMHh3ZmM?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">Pentagon walks back Latter-day Saints Church classification after pushback from Utah lawmakers<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">Politico<\/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\/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\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxNMEswa1pLQmRyVW9OcmJmQ1VSYV9lalRSVEdXZkdkZHpNVGdWQUdNQU1xenJrOXpRVDFXMkdnMXZRWnE1SnpONlI2NTdVOE5lRG4yb0lWdlZzNXBvRGRCSHVPV3RSY3J0RG1nX2FjSWUwQXFxN3FPR0t3Q3BBZVBqcS16UGxDeDg0VFgxLVJsWkhiY2pYY1g0RFJhV3pxT3U0WkhnRnZCQXpHcVBBbGdKUHlyWjI?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\">After Mormon lawmakers object, Pentagon revises Christian religious categories<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<font color=\"#6f6f6f\">The Washington Post<\/font><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Pentagon updates list of recognized religious affiliations after backlash from Mormon lawmakers&nbsp;&nbsp;CNN Pentagon walks back Latter-day Saints Church classification after pushback from Utah lawmakers&nbsp;&nbsp;Politico DOD&#8230; <a href=\"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/2026\/06\/08\/pentagon-updates-list-of-recognized-religious-affiliations-after-backlash-from-mormon-lawmakers-cnn\/\" 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-115319","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115319","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=115319"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/115319\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=115319"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=115319"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flamenet.io\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=115319"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}