Posted on 06/07/2016 7:39:55 AM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
LOUISVILLE — U.S. Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, will soon be filing stand-alone legislation to end the practice of registering for the Selective Service.
The bill titled ‘The Muhammad Ali Voluntary Service Act’ will be presented to Congress in honor of the famed boxer who refused to serve in the Vietnam War.
On April, 28 1967 the heavy weight champion was stripped of his title for refusing to be inducted in the United States Army. Ali, a Muslim and conscientious objector, was convicted of draft evasion — a conviction that would later be overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court.
“One thing I liked about Muhammad Ali is that he would stand on principle even when it was unpopular,” Paul told reporters in Louisville on Monday. “You know, the criminal justice system I say now has a racial justice disparity, selective service had a racial disparity, because a lot of rich white kids either got a deferment or went to college or got out of the draft. I’m opposed to Selective Service.”
If the bill is signed into law, Paul said that the military would stay the same as we know it now, and use an all-volunteer force. Since 1973 the United States has used an all-voluntary military force.
Most men who are 18-25 and are U.S. citizens or are immigrants living in the U.S. are still required to register with Selective Service.
Ali passed away at the age of 74; a public memorial is planned on Friday.
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I’m sorry to see that Rand can be so easily manipulated.
You can accuse a libertarian of patriotism but you’ll rarely have enough evidence to convict one.
Still, there's just something odd about this bill, the timing of it, and the name.
Just a sign that we are driven more by personalities than by principles.
How about the “Rktman Volunteered, How Come He Didn’t Act”? Muzzie refusing to engage in combat? Not these days.
It’s directed at the women.
they could just as easily call the bill the Willard Mitt Romney Act...
another draft dodger...
Rand you ignoramus he did not want to go at first cause he wanted to continue to make money then later he claimed the religious excuse.
A fighter is a pacifist? BS...he wa a draft evader. Period.
In honor of Muhammad Ali, this morning, I had some cereal.
They’ve played this song too much. I’m bored by it.
Ali was NOI. They aren’t pacifists.
His conscientious objection was that he was for the enemy.
Ali, a Muslim and conscientious objector........... ????UH? Oxymoron?
The only thing Ali ever cared about was his own skin. The mighty “fighter” was a gutless COWARD!
The point is moot, there will never be another draft, it would simply be impossible even if we were invaded by another nation. Can you really picture these “special snowflake” social justice warrior millenials who are so hurt by an inconsiderate word that they need to go to their safe space actually showing up in a draft?!? Not only would they be burning their draft cards in the street, their enabling helicopter parents would be marching right beside them.
Bet Ali didn’t have a problem with all of the wars we fought on behalf of the Saudis.
I don’t disagree with dropping the draft. But I do love the look of fear on the snowflakes face when they have to register. So,perhaps we should keep the process going just for our amusement.
LOL
This is a joke? right?
In honor of that hypocrite ......
“I think it’s ridiculous that men still have to register for a draft that doesn’t exist.”
Selective Service (’draft’) exists: https://www.sss.gov/
Not active, but it does exist.
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