Posted on 02/24/2019 9:40:56 AM PST by TigerClaws
U.S. District Judge Gray Miller ruled late on Friday that although historical restrictions on women serving in combat 'may have justified past discrimination,' men and women are now equally able to fight.
Restrictions for women in military service were lifted by the Pentagon in 2015.
The ruling could see and end to the Selective Service System which was upheld in the Supreme Court in 1981.
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Guess it was more accurate than expected.
Good! It’s about time.
As long as they become ineligible for welfare if they fail to enroll
I call BS.
Mr. T is not now and never has been a Federal Judge.
This should make the draft-avoiders among the FreeRepublic thrilled. Now ladies can take their place.
Israel, Russia and some Nordic countries have done this for years. Mandatory Service of a minimum of two years would be good too. Barring disability or moral objection. This would serve as a Rite of Passage from adolescence to young adulthood. It would also provide a two year break for their parents, temporarily emptying the nest.
NOW they tell us!
About damn time.
They want equality, they have to take equal responsibility.
I pity the fools.
many soldiers just sit behind a computer now. They never go into harms way. Its a mostly electronic army.
There are more than a few jobs in the Armed Forces that women can do well. But there’s no way that any woman,other than a doctor or nurse,should ever be ordered anywhere near combat.
. Barring disability or moral objection
Another sign of decay
I think in order to get federal aid for college they have to enroll.
Quakers overnight, most likely!
The women would walk around in those Handmaiden Red Robes, the men would stroll the boulevard looking like salesmen for Quaker Oats, but wearing pants.
They can be very nice folks, but Quakers are notorious Pacifists, ready to yield and surrender what they own.
Just ask Joan Baez. Beautiful voice, ugly patriot.
[ About damn time.
They want equality, they have to take equal responsibility. ]
I would love to the cat lady platoon be forced to fight a bunch of jihadi sand worms.
It would be like that scene out of dune only more hilarious.
Well, Ladies, the old saying is;
“Be careful what you wish for,
Because you might get it!”
Happy now?
Israel is a small nation surrounded by 400 million moslems. Russia is a nation of savages and Nordic countries share a border with that nation of savages.
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