{"id":613545,"date":"2026-06-05T13:11:48","date_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:11:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=613545"},"modified":"2026-06-05T13:11:48","modified_gmt":"2026-06-05T13:11:48","slug":"pentagon-drops-180-faiths-from-recognized-religions-list-but-focus-is-on-one-not-removed-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/?p=613545","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon drops 180 \u2018faiths\u2019 from recognized religions list, but focus is on one not removed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Department of War has removed 180 faiths from its list of recognized religions, with the real news here being, perhaps, that the U.S. Military Chaplain Corps previously recognized over 200 faiths.<\/p>\n

Surely, a sign that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) was running amok in the military \u2014 at least, until War Secretary Pete Hegseth arrived on the scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe previous system had ballooned to well over 200 faith codes.\u2026 It was impractical and unusable, and many codes were never used at all,\u201d Hegseth said in March<\/p>\n

Undersecretary of Defense Anthony Tata said the number now sits at just 31, according to Military.com, adding that the reduction will \u201cstreamline the DoW collection of religious preferences for service members to enhance the delivery of targeted religious support from the Chaplaincy.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe new list will provide chaplains with clear, readily available information that will better enable them to anticipate the religious support needs of service members and to provide religious support activities that align with service members\u2019 personal faith and practices,\u201d Tata said.<\/p>\n

Agnostics, Buddhists, Hindus, Islam (Muslims), Judaism, Sikh, and a wide range of Christian-based groups like Baptists, Catholics, Lutherans and Methodists are included in the new list.<\/p>\n

\u201cFaiths\u201d removed from the list include Atheism, Asatru, Eckankar, New Age churches, Paganism, Spiritualism, Troth, Unitarian Universalism and various Wiccan groups.<\/p>\n

Independent journalist Lara Logan posted the following response, \u201cThis is a big deal: Hegseth just got rid of Satanic belief systems from the list at Dep of War. Another great day for America, a Christian nation built on Christian principles, whose covenant w God guarantees the unalienable rights of every human.\u201d<\/p>\n

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This is a big deal: Hegseth just got rid of Satanic belief systems from the list at Dep of War. Another great day for America, a Christian nation built on Christian principles, whose covenant w God guarantees the unalienable rights of every human. https:\/\/t.co\/R4PVA1oroZ<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Lara Logan (@laralogan) June 4, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Here\u2019s a quick response to the story, as seen on X \u2014 see if you can pick up on a trend:<\/p>\n

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But he didn\u2019t get rid of Islam, which is clearly not a religion but a political ideology. Should remove Islam as a religion.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Millie dell (@MDell5648) June 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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This is wonderful! God bless Pete Hegseth for being a warrior for Christ.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Sunshine (@EmlovesAmerica) June 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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He needs to get Islam off as well.<\/p>\n

\u2014 GSong (@gloria_spielman) June 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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He should have got rid of Islam also. It isn\u2019t a religion it is a political ideology.<\/p>\n

\u2014 USAfreedomForge (@USAfreedomForge) June 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Unfortunately he included islam as if it were a religion instead of what it actually is which is a political system and enemy of the USA.<\/p>\n

\u2014 Tsai swrong \"\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\"\"\ud83c\uddee\ud83c\uddf1\" (@Tsaiswrong) June 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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Get rid of Islam. It\u2019s not really a religion anyway, but a totalitarian political ideology masquerading as a religion.<\/p>\n

\u2014 CrosscutSaw (@saw_crosscut) June 5, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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The Department of War has removed 180 faiths from its list of recognized religions, with the real news here being, perhaps, that the U.S. Military Chaplain Corps previously recognized over 200 faiths. Surely, a sign that diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) was running amok in the military \u2014 at least, until War Secretary Pete Hegseth… Continue reading Pentagon drops 180 \u2018faiths\u2019 from recognized religions list, but focus is on one not removed<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":613520,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"initial","rop_publish_now_accounts":[],"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[18,19,10,21,12,11,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-613545","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cancel-culture","category-censorship","category-civil-liberties","category-election-integrity","category-equal-justice","category-free-speech","category-religious-freedom","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613545","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=613545"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/613545\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/613520"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=613545"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=613545"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buglecall.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=613545"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}