Register For Selective Service Conscientious Objector
By the center of conscience war.
Register for selective service conscientious objector. Advice to conscientious objectors facing selective service registration. Register with the selective service system because it will not recognize their registration as a conscientious objector. The us selective service which oversees draft conscription registration provides absolutely no way for an individual to register their objection to war. Romo but are simply opposed to the idea of taking another person s life romo a san antonio native was. In case of future conscription draft boards will evaluate exemption claims of objectors.
Although on the form from the post office there is no option to register as a conscientious objector once the form is filled out above your last name you can write i am a conscientious objector to. Under current law all males living in the us must register for a potential draft for military service within 30 days of their 18th birthday. An estimated 43 000 did so over the course of the war but not all applications were accepted. These conscientious objectors are not cowards said selective service director lawrence g. Registration forms are available at any us post office.
In the united states an 18th birthday can be a great milestone in the lives of young men. When young men came of age to register for selective service the draft any man desiring to register as a conscientious objector had to do so at his local draft board. You should know that the law does not provide for conscientious objection to registration and the draft itself. Conscientious objection or draft resistance. Are you thinking about registering for the draft.
They legally become adults and are granted the rights and responsibilities that come with this distinction. Today all conscientious objectors are required to register with the selective service system. What is active today is united states selective service law requiring men to register within 30 days of turning 18. Do not register online. A conscientious objector is one who is opposed to serving in the armed forces and or bearing arms on the grounds of moral or religious principles.
It is not possible to officially request conscientious objector status at the time of registration. Others view the draft as an instrument of war and cannot register in good conscience. Do you plan to seek conscientious objector co status if you get drafted.