| Nicklesbe said: Yes I did. It has everything to do with selective service. Did you even read it? Its from the selective service gov. website...."to eliminate all unnecessary gender-based barriers to service" means woman will be added to the draft if the draft is ever removed from standby. |
No, it doesn't. It means exactly what it says: that females will no longer be excluded from certain positions unless the Secretary of Defense decides otherwise. That is, positions they want to hold. It doesn't mean that they're elligible for the draft. Panetta himself said so:
"With regards to Selective Service, you know, that’s not our operation," Panetta said. "I don’t know who the hell controls Selective Service, if you want to know the truth. But, you know, whoever does, they’re going to have to exercise some judgment based on what we just did."
And from the Selective Service website:
Women Aren't Required to Register
Here's why:
THE LAW
Selective Service law as it is written now refers specifically to "male persons" in stating who must register and who would be drafted. For women to be required to register with Selective Service, Congress would have to amend the law.
THE SUPREME COURT
The constitutionality of excluding women was tested in the courts. A Supreme Court decision in 1981, http://www.law.cornell.edu/supct/html/historics/USSC_CR_0453_0057_ZS.html"> Rostker v. Goldberg, held that registering only men did not violate the due process clause of the Constitution.
Panetta reckoning that, maybe, whoever the hell runs Selective Service will have to exercise some judgment based on what he just did has nothing to do with the law as it exists.
