Welcome to DU! The truly grassroots left-of-center political community where regular people, not algorithms, drive the discussions and set the standards. Join the community: Create a free account Support DU (and get rid of ads!): Become a Star Member Latest Breaking News Editorials & Other Articles General Discussion The DU Lounge All Forums Issue Forums Culture Forums Alliance Forums Region Forums Support Forums Help & Search

General Discussion

RockRaven

(20,021 posts)

5. He DID NOT backtrack.

Reply to riversedge (Original post)

Wed Jun 10, 2026, 06:57 PM

Jun 10

The issue was that many denominations were listed as "Christian - [denomonation]" such as "Christian - Lutheran," or whatever. But when it came to LDS they skipped the "Christian - " umbrella prefix, which was seen as a nod to the longstanding Evangelical/fundie thing about LDS not being Xian.

In response to the furor, they DID NOT reverse that and add the prefix to LDS, as Mormons wanted.

Instead they removed the prefix from all of the other Xians. So for the example given above it now would read just "Lutheran" instead of "Christian - Lutheran" and so for all the rest too.

They would rather sacrifice being able to call Baptists and Lutherans and Methodists and even Catholics "Christian" than have to call Mormons the same.

What that means is that Kegsbreath et al. are so committed to NOT calling Mormons "Christian" that they would rather not call every other denomination Xian than say that Mormons are.

Edit history

Please sign in to view edit histories.

Recommendations

5 members have recommended this reply (displayed in chronological order):

wcmagumba MineralMan keep_left Cognitive_Resonance mike_c

18 replies

= new reply since forum marked as read

Highlight:

Pete Hegseth 'backtracks' on 'repugnant' religious policy after GOP beatdown [View all] riversedge Jun 10 OP

I love they way they screw up so publicly without any clues. marble falls Jun 10 #1

and what new enlightenment will Mike Lee take away from this shunning of Mormons? mountain grammy Jun 10 #2

This message was self-deleted by its author Jacson6 Jun 10 #3

Well, the LDS, Jehovah's Witnesses and other groups you mentioned do consider themselves to be "Christian". wcmagumba Jun 10 #6

You are correct about Canon Law. It is the law of wnylib Jun 10 #12

Or even Jewish!!! PCIntern Jun 10 #14

Oops. Sorry. Did not intentionally leave out Jewish. wnylib Jun 10 #15

No worries! PCIntern Jun 11 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author wcmagumba Jun 10 #17

There is no person in existence with the authority to gatekeep the term Christian. RockRaven Jun 10 #7

Yep, I grew up Unitarian and although a non-creedal .... Laffy Kat Jun 10 #8

"under Canon law" --- Who, exactly, is subject to Canon law? Norrrm Jun 10 #9

They didn't exactly "backtrack" from what I have read, they just removed the word "Christian" completely from the list.. wcmagumba Jun 10 #4

He DID NOT backtrack. RockRaven Jun 10 #5

What organization/committee/council made this list/decision? Who appointed them as the authority? Norrrm Jun 10 #10

Mike Lee sure does get touchy... DET Jun 10 #11

So, Atheists, Agnostics, Wiccans, Ethical Culturalists, Freethinkers, Humanists, etc. no_hypocrisy Jun 10 #13

Hegseth hasnt backtracked on firing every Bkack person and woman or denying their promotions BlueWaveNeverEnd Jun 10 #16