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AMERICANS COULD BE PRESSED INTO MANDATORY COMMUNITY SERVICE
NewsWithViews.com
Posted: June 30, 2004
10:35 AM Eastern
The Universal National
Service Act of 2003 sitting in this 108th Congress isn't
getting much attention in the media, but has many Americans
very concerned about what it will mean if signed into law by
President Bush. In the Senate, S89 (Senate Bill), sponsored by
Ernest Hollings, (D-SC) reads . To provide for the common
defense by requiring that all young persons in the United
States, including women, perform a period of military service
or a period of civilian service in furtherance of the national
defense and homeland security, and for other purposes.
The House of Representatives has a 'sister' bill, HR 163
(House Resolution), sponsored by Charlie Rangel, (D-NY) which
contains the same language. Both bills will make it mandatory
for women to serve in the military as well as men; the age
window for induction is 18-26.
This legislation has angered many Americans for a number of
reasons. Milly Sundquist of Houston Texas is spitting mad.
"How dare this government continue with further attempts to
destroy the family unit by pressing women into mandatory
military service! My daughter will turn 23 next year and is
engaged to be married. She's extremely upset that this
government could force her into the military and send her to
someplace like the Middle East to be raped or beheaded by
people who care nothing for human life or dignity."
Jim Williams, a dairy farmer in the mid-West has two sons, one
currently serving in the Air Force. The youngest, now 21, is
an integral part of the family farm operation. While Williams
maintains his youngest son would be the first to sign up to
protect America if attacked, such as was the case with Pearl
Harbor, this proposed legislation is dangerous to liberty. He
resents the federal government thinking they can just snatch
his son off the farm and press him into some sort of "Nazi
brown shirt" community service for homeland security.
Lauren Beecham, a paralegal studying for her law degree in NY,
majored in world history and says Americans don't fully
appreciate the danger behind this type of legislation. "This
government thinks they can press free citizens into
involuntary servitude for 20-30 hours per week in support of
security for the Motherland. Americans don't understand how
clever the communists are in their quest for global domination
because they don't study history. Community service -
especially forced community service- is rooted in communist
doctrine." Ms. Beecham went on to state that this legislation
would not withstand a Thirteenth Amendment challenge to the
U.S. Constitution.
Section 1 in the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution
states: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a
punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly
convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place
subject to their jurisdiction.
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Section 1 in the Thirteenth Amendment to the Constitution
states: Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a
punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly
convicted, shall exist within the United States
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