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by elyobo 5 days ago
What's the effect of this? I don't really understand why they have a "recognised" list at all or what the implications are.
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Various laws, regulations, and processes come with religious exceptions. In order to qualify for religious exceptions, you need to follow a qualified religion.
That does explain why Jehovah's Witnesses would be on here. They won multiple court cases to be excluded from military services.
They go on your dog tags to make sure that, if you're killed, your body is handled in a manner appropriate for your religious beliefs.

As I expected given who this is coming from, the choices are "Christian, Christian, Christian, Christian, Christian, Christian, Christian, Christian, Christian, Christian, and Leftovers".