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July 30, 2009

Quaker Files Suit over Conscientious Objector Recognition
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In Washington state, a Quaker pacifist has filed a federal lawsuit
accusing the US government of discrimination for not recognizing his
status as a conscientious objector on military draft forms. Tobin
Jacobrown says he has not filled out a federally required Selective
Service form, because there is no space to note that he is a
conscientious objector. The Selective Service forms collect information
on young Americans in the event of a reinstatement of the military
draft. The American Civil Liberties Union has brought the case on
Jacobrown’s behalf.



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