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Military outraged and 'scrambling' to deal with Trump's new religion rules
What happened
AlterNet, citing an MS NOW report published Wednesday, says Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth created a Pentagon Office of Religious Affairs while the Defense Department reduced its list of recognized religious affiliations from 211 to 31. Personnel were told to select from the revised list by Friday.
A May Pentagon memo obtained by MS NOW reportedly removed 180 affiliations. Only nine of the remaining options were described as non-Christian. Air Force official Richard Anderson said the change would improve demographic data for chaplain services while respecting individual…
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