I agree with you. If you want to vote and have equal rights in this country, you should have the same responsibilities as any other citizen. And while I may not want to be drafted(and thnks to my homosexuality I am not really eligible) I still SHOULD have that risk if the US needs troops for some horrible reason.The Dark wrote:IIRC, the reason women aren't under Selective Service is because they're not permitted in line combat. DACOWITS ended up eating a smidgen of crow over this when they pressed for women to be allowed as line infantry until they discovered that the SCOTUS would then force women to register for Selective Service. They then did an about-face on their stance, proving (to my satisfaction) that DACOWITS is about equal rights with unequal responsibilities.Alyrium Denryle wrote:The military is welcome to have recruitment tables on college campuses. On the other hand, gays need to be allowed openly into the military... just like women shoud have to register for the draft.
Even if it benifits me in this case, I am not holding the same responsibilities as another citizen(though this is sort of balanced by me not having the same rights) and it makes me sick. If there is a draft, I would want to have the same chance at being drafted as my straight friends. I could not in good concience let my friends go off to war, without the chance at being drafted mself.