Ministerial students/ministers are EXEMPT from the draft!

[Windy]

Unfortunately, I just had to register my son with the selective service. I looked under the exemptions criteria and found this list...

1-A - available immediately for military service.
1-O Conscientious Objector- conscientiously opposed to both types (combatant and non-combatant) of military training and service - fulfills his service obligation as a civilian alternative service worker.
1-A-O Conscientious Objector - conscientiously opposed to training and military service requiring the use of arms - fulfills his service obligation in a noncombatant position within the military.
2-D Ministerial Students - deferred from military service.
3-A Hardship Deferment - deferred from military service because service would cause hardship upon his family.
4-C Alien or Dual National - sometimes exempt from military service.
4-D Ministers of Religion - exempted from military service.

Unbelieveable! What is the rationale for that?

[undeterred]

1. I don't know the reason but seminary enrollment was very high

during the VietNam war and decreased suddenly afterwards.

[bryant69]

2. This is traditional

Haven't you ever seen Taxi? Reverend Jim was a reverend so he could avoid the draft.

Bryant
Check it out --> http://politicalcomment.blogspot.com

[GreenPartyVoter]

3. Send your kid to a liberal theological seminary asap. We have a nice one

here in Maine: http://www.bts.edu/

[undeterred]

4. but for most of them you need a college degree to get in

[GreenPartyVoter]

7. Well send him to an undergrad school. There are some nice ones in Canada

[faithnotgreed]

8. very strange gpv - i was just going to look for that website today

my partner is feeling called to some sort of ministry and is thinking m div
we are still praying about it because all that matters is where are we supposed to be - but we considered bangor and heard they were merging with another school because of some financial problems

can you tell us anything more... you can pm me anytime if you like
thanks

[GreenPartyVoter]

11. I can get you in touch with a recent graduate of the school who is now

a minister to a UCC congregation. She was a dear friend of my mom's, and she may be up on the issues that seminary is going through. (I'd heard about their financial difficulties but it wasn't until I went to the site that I saw what they were doing about it.)

So if you wanna PM an email addy, I will email it to my minister friend Alice.

Weirdly, I was JUST at Husson this past week for cheer camp and happened to see Bell Hall while I was there.

[faithnotgreed]

12. thank you.. will do

[nadinbrzezinski]

5. Many ministers are CO on moral grounds

that said when the draft is reactivated yuo realize how many rich kids will find Jesus, budha, and the rest of them?

[Windy]

6. I noted that the general college student exemption is now gone. n/t

[nadinbrzezinski]

9. Benn gone for a while yes

that was removed after 2001

[stpalm]

10. Ummm aren't all college students exempt?

How come that isn't on there? Oh shit.

[patcox2]

13. So is anyone with the genuine religious belief that war is immoral.

So whats the big news? C.O.s have been around for 100 years. They make you jump through hoops to prove it, but they accord an exemption for anyone.