Pentagon officials reversed course on Monday and announced an update to a list of officially recognized religions that service members use to define their faith practices on their personnel records after Mormon lawmakers led by a top ally of Donald Trump raised hell over the weekend.
The Department of Defense announced the new, shortened list of recognized religious denominations on Friday after stating earlier this year that the system had become unwieldy and overly analytical, with many listed denominations not used by service members at all. The new list contains just 31 recognized religious denominations, down from about 200.
