Just as the world began to shut down, the Commission on Military, National, and Public Service released its final report, with 49 detailed recommendations to Congress, and a companion bill, HR 6415, which was introduced last month. Many of the Commission's...
Just as the world began to shut down, the Commission on Military, National, and Public Service released its final report, with 49 detailed recommendations to Congress, and a companion bill, HR 6415, which was introduced last month. Many of the Commission's...
The Center on Conscience & War (CCW) supports HR 5492. Introduced by Rep. Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and Rep. Rodney Davis (R-IL), HR 5492 would repeal the Military Selective Service Act, terminating the Selective Service registration requirement for all. Enacting HR...
It’s Time to End Draft Registration Once and For ALL! The Commission on Military, National, and Public Service is at work right now to determine the fate of Selective Service (Draft) Registration, and they need to hear from you! Congress established the National...
"As conscientious objectors, we believe Jesus commands reverence for each human life since every person is made in the image of God."
On Feb. 22, 2019, a federal judge in Houston, TX ruled that requiring only men to register with Selective Service is unconstitutional, in that it violates the equal protection clause (National Coalition for Men v. Selective Service System [Civil Action H-16-3362])....
The National Commission on Military, National, and Public Service is at work right now to determine the fate of Selective Service (Draft) Registration, and they need to hear from people of conscience! Congress established the National Commission on Military,...
Bill Galvin and Maria Santelli, Center on Conscience & War[1] With the combat restriction for women in the US Armed Forces now lifted, discussion of draft registration is back in the news, the courts, and the halls of congress. But the problems with...
Selective Service Registration: Coercion of Conscience? Introduction The draft has met with serious resistance from communities of faith and people of conscience throughout its history. While tolerated by the population at large during times of...
The registration, which continues today, created a crisis of conscience for many conscientious young men who saw registering for the draft as a form of participating in war, which violated their Quaker beliefs.
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