I know this has been around for a couple weeks, but just in case you missed this.

Obama believes women should register for draft – Also would consider opening combat positions to females

Presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama may not have drafted a woman to be his running mate, as his rival John McCain has, but he does believe that America’s young women should be eligible for the military draft and possibly combat duty.

“I think that if women are registered for service … I think it will help to send a message to my two daughters that they’ve got obligations to this great country as well as boys do,” said Obama in a debate last year.

Obama’s comments at the July 23, 2007, CNN/YouTube debate also suggested that while he doesn’t support a draft and doesn’t “necessarily” see women in combat roles, he does see restricting women from the battlefront as a breach of equality.

I’m actually a bit ambivalent on this issue. I believe that the majority of female military members would rather not be eligible for combat but there are a percentage few who would love to be eligible for combat, so do you change the policy for a few thus requiring the majority? In my thinking if females are eligible for combat then they may as well be included in the Selective Service registration requirement. If you want equality then go all the way to include the same requirements as 18 year old males.

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