Conscientious Objection?

 Pacific Yearly Meeting notes:

Our government does not grant conscientious objector status when a draft is not active. The only way to achieve it is to petition your draft board. The US has used a draft five times to force men to die in war. With Congress showing it has no real power to resist the president dragging our country into war, it’s a very dangerous time.

If you are age 18-25, you can build your case for conscientious objector status. Become a member to your local meeting. If you are spiritually opposed to war, then write that in your membership request letter.

RantWoman notes in a "Mean to research" light:

1. There is some activity, (pending legislation or executive order?) in the direction of making draft registration automatic.

2. RantWoman is unclear whether automatic draft registration applies to both men and women.

3.RantWoman has the impression that a conscientious objection claim can refer to a specific war even if one can imagine circumstances they would be willing to bear arms for.

4. There are periodic conversations about universal public service.

ALL of these points merit further research, by both people articulating conscientious objector beliefs and by anyone seeking to pull the US out of its current militarization trend.