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...
By Bill Galvin. First published in On Watch by the Military Law Task Force (nlgmltf.org) In a new version of Marine Corps Order (MCO) 1306.16, issued in June of this year, the Department of the Navy, Marine Corps Headquarters, heightened the evidentiary standard a...
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.
Advice to Youth Facing Selective Service Registration Before you Register: ⇒ Carefully read the information below ⇒ Consider all of your options All males residing in the United States are required to register for the draft during a 60 day period that begins 30...
The purpose of this Guide is to empower and inform conscientious objectors within the Marine Corps.
Advice to youth facing registration with the Selective Service by the Center on Conscience and War.
Many people have serious questions about whether it is right to take part in war. Sometimes without knowing the term or concept they may be conscientious objectors.
Advice to Conscientious Objectors facing Selective Service registration.
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