Male-only draft is constitutional, federal appeals court rules

ktla ^ | 08/13/2020

[Boogieman]

You’re free to believe in chivalry all you want personally, but the federal government is, by law and constitutional amendment, absolutely forbidden from instituting that kind of thinking into law anymore.

[Magnum44]

First, the selective service is in place in case a call up is needed, its not a draft.

Secondly, the whole point of the suit is not to include women (which will never happen). Its to kill the selective service and further damage national security preparedness.

Third, you are conflating two separate issues, that we have people of both sexes who fail to recognize that God created man and woman to be a team, complimentary, not competitive. Its the males role to defend the house. Now regardless of what you want to define the females roles, MEN should not find excuses for dodging that role.

I didnt say you werent a real man. But depending on your reaction to this, you might or might not be.

[Magnum44]

The court disagreed, as it should have.

[DilJective]

If there were only a way to tie in that black men can be drafted while white women are exempt... Black Lives Matter, right????

Also, how can a woman be Commander In Chief without having the same experience as every American Man who is registered for the draft? Knowing that you may decide to send young men involuntarily to their deaths while never having the same obligation to the nation?

[Just mythoughts]

I am NOT in favor of putting ‘women’ on the front lines ... however, I have a relative, that was sent into desert storm... ended up in Bahrain, through the scuds ... I was a mess given what was going on during that half-assed ‘war’. Old poppy Bush, let a colon call the terms of war. We should have cleaned Saddam's clock then and there.

Because of the Dan Quayle history, she, was given NO ‘flavors’... word down from on high.

[Midwesterner53]

Did you expect the court to rule in favor of men?

[Theoria]

Lots of 'immigrant' men, illegal or otherwise have to register for the draft and can't vote as well.

[Ouchthatonehurt]

Wait!

Men and women are...

...wait for it...

Different?

[rintintin]

“The ban on women in combat was lifted what, 5 or 6 years ago? They’re good for the hot zones now too.”

Yes, under Obama. It fulfilled a long agenda goal of left wing feminists, from back in the 60s or 70s. This didn’t used to be a conservative cause - and it still shouldn’t be. Just because feminists want women to be drafted shouldn’t mean that the rest of us should advocate that conservative women - including my granddaughters - should be drafted.

[Brilliant]

This is really the only thing that the ERA would change. If they adopt the ERA then your daughter will have to be drafted as well as your son.

[Brilliant]

This is really the only thing that the ERA would change. If they adopt the ERA then your daughter will have to be drafted as well as your son.

[McCarthysGhost]

Men have historically been on the front lines of every American war. Let’s give the other 40 or so genders a chance to fight and distinguish themselves on the battle field. The next draft should only include women and non- cisgendered males. Give the men a break.

[DilJective]

I may have gone off the rails with my comment.

I agree that Men should defend the nation. I just get a little perturbed by the whole equality/feminist movement. The Left ruins everything! Roles of Men and Women are different for a reason.

[Secret Agent Man]

equal means equal

they wouldnt have to be put in combat

the military would place them in logistics roles so they could shift men into more dangerous roles

but this way supplies and atuff could keep rolling

[rintintin]

“ I would argue that in the event of a war where the draft again becomes necessary, women will be drafted.”

We
haven’t had a war where the draft was truly “necessary” for US defense since 1945. There was no reason that young Americans should have been compelled to fight in any of the wars since then. While we were fighting bad guys in those wars, our national independence and freedom wasn’t directly threatened. We should have made due with volunteers in all those wars, as we recognized by ending the draft while exiting Vietnam

[Secret Agent Man]

hey i want equal with no negatives

bexause that’s not equal, its special/privileged

either admit its unequal and special privileged treatment or make everyone truly equal

[rintintin]

Men have historically been on the front lines of every American war. Let’s give the other 40 or so genders a chance to fight and distinguish themselves on the battle field.”

Gloria Steinem, Betty Friedan and the rest of the radical feminists have been saying this for 50 years. Weird to read “conservative” Freepers starting to spout a key agenda message of radical feminism.

Thanks , but none of the women in my family are feminists or leftists. Please don’t subject them to the agenda of the radical feminists

[discostu]

We should get rid of it anyway. We’re never actually going to do the draft. All this is is a waste of paperwork.

[FLT-bird]

Agreed. Equality should mean equality.

[RedMonqey]

" Real men obviously dont exist in the National Coalition for Men."

Maybe you can share some insider information on this group that the public at large doesn't know. Me, I think they are just using Alinsky's Rules for Radicals and making their foes live up to their own standards. i.e., "women are equal to men with no exceptions"

I don't support women in a draft because I don't believe women should be in front line soldiers(support units, yes.)

As sexist as it may seem, if women are in the battle on front lines then they cannot be in the real battle to ensure their men have their sires born for the peace their men are fighting for. Much more important!IMHO

The time to play by the "Marquess of Queensberry Rules" is long passs. "Fight fire with fire" is the rule of the day.