In (if I remember the year correctly) 1994, the (communist) ACLU filed suit in federal court to argue that women should be required to register for military draft (”Selective Service”) just as men.
It went to the Supreme Court, which ruled that this issue should be decided by Congress and not by the courts.
The court said that for Congress to make exemptions for women from registering with Selective Service was not a violation of the Constitution ; that the purpose for “Selective Service” was to provide combat troops.
Therefore, according to the Court, if Congress makes exemption for women from serving in combat, then it could also exempt women from registering for Selective Service . . . . but it is up to Congress, not the courts.
In other words, any movement that wants women to serve just as men serve, could keep pressuring and pressuring Congress to remove all distinctions and require women to serve in combat, thus require them to register with Selective Service.
Congress has made no requirement for women to serve in combat to date ; Congress would have to REQUIRE women to serve in combat roles (not merely allow them to do so) in order to require women to register with Selective Service.
THE PURPOSE FOR SELECTIVE SERVICE IS SPECIFICALLY TO PROVIDE COMBAT TROOPS.
The Secretary of Defense can NOT REQUIRE women to serve in combat ; Congress must make this decision, according to the Supreme Court's most recent decision in these matters.
THEREFORE-—IT IS IMPORTANT FOR CHRISTIAN FAMILIES TO WRITE TO THERE CONGRESS MEMBERS-—TELL THEM WHY GOD GAVE US OUR DAUGHTERS (1 Corinthians chs. 7 ; 11 ; Ephesians ch. 5 ; Titus ch. 2 ; etc., etc. TELL THEM THAT IT IS WRONG FOR OUR WOMEN TO BE IN COMBAT, WRONG TO REGISTER WITH SELECTIVE SERVICE, WRONG TO BE IN THE MILITARY TO BEGIN WITH.
“IT IS IMPORTANT FOR CHRISTIAN FAMILIES TO WRITE TO THERE CONGRESS MEMBERS-—TELL THEM WHY GOD GAVE US OUR DAUGHTERS”
What serious Christian could even justify having their sons in the service of this government?