Posted on 01/05/2005 8:38:49 AM PST by HogDog
Brethren Agree to Revive 'Alternative Service' Draft Programs
By Kevin Eckstrom Religion News Service Leaders of the Church of the Brethren say they will follow through on a request from the Selective Service to have "alternative service" programs in place for conscientious objectors if a draft is reinstated.
As one of the historic "peace churches" that shun military service, Brethren officials were "cautious" after an unannounced visit by a draft official to a church center in Maryland last October. Officials were worried that the visit signaled that a draft may be at hand. In follow-up meetings, draft officials urged the church to dust off long-standing "alternative service" programs that allow conscientious objectors to serve in two-year domestic service projects in lieu of military service.
In a meeting Dec. 10, the church's council voted to "maximize our efforts" on alternative service, as well as help "guide our youth in their choice of nonviolent service."
"We don't want to miss the part of providing resources to our youth that will help them understand and embrace the Brethren peace witness," said Chris Bowman, moderator of the church's 2004 conference.
Selective Service officials have insisted there are no plans to reinstate the draft, and said Alternative Service Director Cassandra Costley stopped by the Brethren Service Center simply because she was in the area.
Dick Flahavan, a spokesman for Selective Service, said officials did their best to convince church leaders there is no draft on the horizon. "We answered every one of their questions and they didn't leave with anything hanging," he said. "What we were telling them was what we tell everyone. The story hasn't varied."
Brethren leaders also agreed to meet in March with other Anabaptist churches that oppose military service. The meeting in Elgin, Ill., will bring together six Brethren and Mennonite groups to discuss "how to prepare for alternative service opportunities."
bump for the chump!
Hey, are you busy the 6th? How about the 20th? Write this number down: 1-800-BUSH-WON. You may need it!
Gotta love this post, he posts to himself, Brilliant!
Famous Last Words.
For your education:
Background of Selective Service
For more than 50 years, Selective Service and the registration requirement for America's young men have served as a backup system to provide manpower to the U.S. Armed Forces.
President Franklin Roosevelt signed the Selective Training and Service Act of 1940 which created the country's first peacetime draft and formally established the Selective Service System as an independent Federal agency.
From 1948 until 1973, during both peacetime and periods of conflict, men were drafted to fill vacancies in the armed forces which could not be filled through voluntary means.
In 1973, the draft ended and the U.S. converted to an All-Volunteer military.
The registration requirement was suspended in April 1975. It was resumed again in 1980 by President Carter in response to the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan. Registration continues today as a hedge against underestimating the number of servicemen needed in a future crisis.
The obligation of a man to register is imposed by the Military Selective Service Act. The Act establishes and governs the operations of the Selective Service System.
http://www.sss.gov/backgr.htm
Zot proof, huh? I sincerely doubt he was a Marine... wouldn't know the value of hard work if it bit him in the a$$... and it will someday!
Just a bunch of name calling girlly men who would pee their pants if they ever were drafted. You make me laugh.
Go and bow at the altar of your hero and your god the draft dodging, crack smoking chimp.
Later nazis!!!
The outing of an idiot troll.
Be gone troll.
"I am ZOT proof"
Not anymore.
It didn't take you long to expose yourself as a mindless parrot for the psycho paranoid left.
And he fails to spell "intelligence" correctly. ROFL!
Just a bunch of name calling girlly men who would pee their pants if they ever were drafted. You make me laugh.
Yes, it's always the conservatives who tremble at the draft, never the proud, brave liberals. Uh-huh. (Shall we post Clinton's letter declaring his intent to dodge the draft?)
Go and bow at the altar of your hero and your god the draft dodging, crack smoking chimp.
Good to see you don't stoop to the very level of those whom you were castigating. LOL
Later nazis!!!
National Socialists... that more accurately describes your side of the face, my friend.
The college kids must have a lot of time on their hands
Back to the drawing board.
Good job.
ROFL...
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