In response to a request from Republican lawmakers, the Pentagon has again revised its list of religious categories that military service members can identify with in their personnel records.
A Pentagon policy memo signed on May 20 and reported last week had excluded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, whose adherents are often referred to as Mormons, from being categorized as Christian. The move surfaced fears that the Defense Department was adopting a view held by some Protestant groups that members of the faith are heretical and should not be considered Christian.
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