Register For Selective Service Conscientious Objector

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Register for selective service conscientious objector. Today all conscientious objectors are required to register with the selective service system. Conscientious objection or draft resistance. What is active today is united states selective service law requiring men to register within 30 days of turning 18. 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. 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.

It is not possible to officially request conscientious objector status at the time of registration. Do you plan to seek conscientious objector co status if you get drafted. They legally become adults and are granted the rights and responsibilities that come with this distinction. Advice to conscientious objectors facing selective service registration. To be exempt from service as a conscientious objector a person must oppose war in any form objection to a particular war but not all wars is not sufficient for purposes of exemption under 3806 j even if objection to a particular war is based on religious beliefs.

Romo but are simply opposed to the idea of taking another person s life romo a san antonio native was. 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. Others view the draft as an instrument of war and cannot register in good conscience. In case of future conscription draft boards will evaluate exemption claims of objectors. All conscientious objectors are required to register.

In the united states an 18th birthday can be a great milestone in the lives of young men. Register with the selective service system because it will not recognize their registration as a conscientious objector. Registration forms are available at any us post office. Are you thinking about registering for the draft. You should know that the law does not provide for conscientious objection to registration and the draft itself.

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. This leaflet was written by people who could probably qualify for co status if we registered and there was a draft. An estimated 43 000 did so over the course of the war but not all applications were accepted.