We have previously told CHQ readers about the “Draft Our Daughters” language in the House National Defense Authorization Act or NDAA. Legislation such as this has always
been a bad idea, said Center for Military Readiness President Elaine Donnelly, but a key section of the amendment, which has received almost no public awareness or debate, also would change the purpose of Selective service. This blank check amendment would greatly expand Big Government power, at a time when the Biden Administration already is exceeding its authority.
The fact that such a radical, unjustified change is being made without hearings, public debate, or informed national discussion is unconscionable.
As CMR has explained previously, inclusion of women for purposes of “equity” would jam the induction system and slow mobilization due to physical differences that are not going to change. The predictable clash between egalitarian theories and harsh physical realities could cost lives and weaken national defense at the worst possible time.
Now, in an open letter from the leaders of organizations representing millions of grassroots conservatives, the conservative leaders of the Conservative Action Project have added their voices to the rising chorus against drafting our daughters and turning the Selective Service Act into a way to force all eligible Americans into government labor schemes.
October 8, 2021
Washington, DC
Conservatives vehemently oppose adding women to registration for the military draft, as is currently required by the House-passed version of the National Defense Authorization Act.
Our defense policy should have a sole focus on the effectiveness of our troops ensuring military readiness, and taking all necessary policy measures to counter existing threats.
Women have served bravely and valiantly in combat, but service should remain their choice, not a federally mandated imperative. We are greatly disturbed that 135 Republican House Members voted in favor of this policy, and we urge Republican senators to emphatically oppose it.
The Honorable Edwin Meese III
Attorney General
President Ronald Reagan (1985-1988)
Alfred S. Regnery
Chairman, Conservative Action Project
President, Republic Book Publishers
Lt. Gen. William G. Boykin (Ret.)
Executive Vice President
Family Research Council
Elaine Donnelly
President
Center for Military Readiness
The Honorable Kenneth T. "Ken" Cuccinelli, II
Senior Fellow
Center for Renewing America
Penny Y. Nance
President & CEO
Concerned Women for America
The Honorable David McIntosh
Former Member
U.S. House of Representatives
Lori Roman
President
American Constitutional Rights Union (ACRU)
Terry Schilling
President
American Principles Project
The Honorable Russ Vought
Director, Office of Management and Budget (2020-2021)
Kelly J. Shackelford, Esq.
President and CEO
First Liberty Institute
Ed Corrigan
Vice Chairman, Conservative Action Project and President & CEO, Conservative Partnership Institute
Jenny Beth Martin
Chairman
Tea Party Patriots Citizens Fund
The Honorable Paul Teller
Executive Director
Advancing American Freedom
The Honorable J. Kenneth Blackwell
Chairman, Constitutional Congress, Inc.
Chairman, CNP Action, Inc.
Kevin Roberts
CEO
Texas Public Policy Foundation
The Honorable Gary L. Bauer
President
American Values
Anne Schlafly Cori
Chairman
Eagle Forum
Chad Connelly
President
Faith Wins
Kevin Freeman
Founder
NSIC Institute
Dr. Paige Patterson
President
Sandy Creek Foundation
Judson Phillips
Founder
Tea Party Nation
Cathie Adams
1st VP of Eagle Forum, Editor of the Eagle Forum Report
Gary Marx
President
Madison Strategies
David N. Bossie
President
Citizens United
Alan Sears
Founder
Alliance Defending Freedom
Tim Wildmon
President
American Family Association
Seton Motley
President
Less Government
Jay Mount
President
MDS Communications Corporation
Mario Navarro da Costa
Director, Washington Bureau
Tradition, Family, Property
Brenda Baller
VP
Baller & Co
Richard Manning
President
Americans for Limited Government
Amy Kremer
Chairwoman
Women for America First
William W. Pascoe, III
Our Man in Washington
Tea Party Patriots Action
Kay R. Daly
President
Coalition for a Fair Judiciary
Amb. Henry F. Cooper
Ronald Reagan's Chief Defense and Space Negotiator
Former SDI Director
James L. Martin
Founder/Chairman
60 Plus Association
Bobbie Patray
President
Tennessee Eagle Forum
Joseph A. Morris
Partner, Morris & De La Rosa
Former U.S. Assistant Attorney General (Reagan)
Cindi Castilla
President
Texas Eagle Forum
Andresen Blom
President
Hawaiian Values
Allen J. Hebert
Chairman
American-Chinese Fellowship of Houston
William P. Mills, III
Executive Committee Member
Council For National Policy
Penna Dexter
Co-host
Point of View Radio
The Honorable Peter J. Thomas
Chairman
The Conservative Caucus
Melvin Adams
President
Noah Webster Educational Foundation
Rod D. Martin
Founder & CEO
The Martin Organization, Inc.
Haley E. Martin
Past President
The Martin Foundation
Christina Murphy Lusk
President
The Martin Foundation
Shawn A. Mitchell
Former National Chaplain
National Federation of Republican Assemblies
Jack Park
Conservative Donor and Activist
Law Offices of Jack Park
Tabitha Walter
Political Director
Eagle Forum
Rod Vandenbos
CEO
R2
Dr. Richard G. Lee
President
There's Hope America
L. Brent Bozell III
Founder and President
Media Research Center
The Honorable T. Kenneth Cribb, Jr.
Chief Domestic Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1987-1988)
The Honorable Morton C. Blackwell
President
The Leadership Institute
Scott T. Parkinson
Myron Ebell
Director, Center for Energy and Environment
Competitive Enterprise Institute
Mary Vought
Executive Director
Senate Conservatives Fund
Cleta Mitchell, Esq.
The Honorable Becky Norton Dunlop
White House Advisor
President Ronald Reagan (1981-1985)
The Honorable Jim DeMint
Chairman, Conservative Partnership Institute
Member, US Senate (SC 2005-2013)
The Honorable Tony Perkins
President
Family Research Council
William L. Walton
Managing Editor and Host
The Bill Walton Show
The Honorable Bob McEwen
U.S. House of Representatives
Former Member, Ohio
James C. Dobson, Ph.D.
Founder & President
Dr. James Dobson Family Institute
Rob Chambers
Vice President
AFA Action
Ashley Baker
Director of Public Policy
The Committee For Justice
Floyd Brown
Founder
The Western Journal
The Honorable George K. Rasley Jr.
Managing Editor
ConservativeHQ.com
Robert K. Fischer
Meeting Coordinator
Conservatives of Faith
Sheryl Kaufman
Board Member
Americans for Limited Government
Gayle Ruzicka
President
Utah Eagle Forum
Michael Farris
President & CEO
Alliance Defending Freedom
E.C. Sykes
General Partner
Aslan Ventures
Theresa Barbale
Executive Director
Life Network of Southwest Florida
Kielle C. Horton
President
The Lindsey Foundation
Kris Ullman
Board Member
Eagle Forum
Michelle Easton
President
Clare Boothe Luce Center for Conservative Women
Mike Baller
President
Baller & Co.
Suzi Voyles
President
Eagle Forum of Georgia
Lee Beaman
CEO
Beaman Ventures
Charles J. Cooper
Assistant Attorney General, President Ronald Reagan (1985-1988)
Cooper & Kirk, PLLC
Dr. Carolyn McLarty
Eagle Forum National Board Secretary
Eagle Forum
C. Preston Noell III
President
Tradition, Family, Property, Inc.
Saulius “Saul” Anuzis
President
60 Plus Association
Ron Pearson
Executive Director
Conservative Victory Fund
Cindy Honcoop
State Director
Washington Eagle Forum
Austin Ruse
President
C-Fam
Tom DeWeese
President
American Policy Center
David Ridenour
President
National Center for Public Policy Research
Joan Holt Lindsey
President
Lindsey Communications
Roxanne Phillips
Executive Committee
CNP
Richard Norman
Founder and President
The Richard Norman Company
Ellen Forde
Sherri R. Martin
Trustee
Florida Baptist Children’s Homes
Guillermo J. Aragon
Senior Partner
Corbere Partners
Lourdes Cosio
Campaign for the American Future
Randy M. Long
Founder
Long Business Advisors, LLC
Janine Hansen
President
Nevada Families for Freedom
Ralph A. Rebandt,II
Michigan Gubernatorial Candidate
Ralph Rebandt for Governor
Robert D. Thompson
Former Administrator
The Weyrich Lunch (1999-2016)
Draft Our Daughters amendment
National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA)
Rep. Chrissy Houlahan
House Armed Services Committee
Center for Military Readiness President Elaine Donnelly
Rules Committee
Selective Service
Equity
Physical differences
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin
Joint Chiefs
Chairman General Mark Milley
Woke culture
Section 401 (Title IV) of the Inspire to Serve Act
Let us hope enough legislators get the message and stand up for what makes sense as well as what's right. If we should need to rapidly mobilize our military, the initial need will be for pure brawn. It'll be difficult enough to weed out unfit men. We won't need to expend resources to also weed out the majority of women who can't meet the rugged standards that will prevail.
Israel has done quite well with women serving in their military. If women want equality in this country, here is a chance to prove it. And being drafted does not automatically mean being sent to the battlefield.
Just another piece of the plan to weaken and undermine America.