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 — at least, until War Secretary Pete Hegseth arrived on the scene.
“The previous system had ballooned to well over 200 faith codes.… It was impractical and unusable, and many codes were never used at all,” Hegseth said in March
Undersecretary of Defense Anthony Tata said the number now sits at just 31, according to Military.com, adding that the reduction will “streamline the DoW collection of religious preferences for service members to enhance the delivery of targeted religious support from the Chaplaincy.”
“The 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’ personal faith and practices,” Tata said.
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.
“Faiths” removed from the list include Atheism, Asatru, Eckankar, New Age churches, Paganism, Spiritualism, Troth, Unitarian Universalism and various Wiccan groups.
Independent journalist Lara Logan posted the following response, “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.”
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
— Lara Logan (@laralogan) June 4, 2026
Here’s a quick response to the story, as seen on X — see if you can pick up on a trend:
But he didn’t get rid of Islam, which is clearly not a religion but a political ideology. Should remove Islam as a religion.
— Millie dell (@MDell5648) June 5, 2026
This is wonderful! God bless Pete Hegseth for being a warrior for Christ.
— Sunshine (@EmlovesAmerica) June 5, 2026
He needs to get Islam off as well.
— GSong (@gloria_spielman) June 5, 2026
He should have got rid of Islam also. It isn’t a religion it is a political ideology.
— USAfreedomForge (@USAfreedomForge) June 5, 2026
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.
— Tsai swrong 🇺🇸🇮🇱 (@Tsaiswrong) June 5, 2026
Get rid of Islam. It’s not really a religion anyway, but a totalitarian political ideology masquerading as a religion.
— CrosscutSaw (@saw_crosscut) June 5, 2026
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