{"id":4787,"date":"2010-07-29T01:55:00","date_gmt":"2010-07-29T05:55:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=4787"},"modified":"2025-09-14T04:15:44","modified_gmt":"2025-09-14T11:15:44","slug":"democrat-lets-have-mandatory-national-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/democrat-lets-have-mandatory-national-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Democrat: Let&#8217;s have mandatory national service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>LTRP Note:<\/strong> What this article DOESN&#8217;T tell you is that PRIOR to the last presidential election, Rick Warren, still the most\u00a0influential pastor in America\u00a0today, was part of an\u00a0organization that exists to bring about mandatory national service.\u00a0Rick Warren was, and still is, on the<a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110920111439\/http:\/\/www.servicenation.org\/index.php\/pages\/leadership-council\"> leadership council\u00a0<\/a>of this organization called Service Nation. And yet, Christian leaders and Christian media continue to refuse to warn again the teachings and\u00a0goals of\u00a0the &#8220;new (ecumenical\/emerging) reformation&#8221;\u00a0of the Purpose Driven movement.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Palatino,;\">By Chelsea Schilling<\/span><br \/>\n<span><strong><em>WorldNetDaily<\/em><\/strong> <!-- end copyright --><\/span><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><script src=\"http:\/\/view.picapp.com\/\/JavaScripts\/OTIjs.js\" type=\"text\/javascript\"><\/script><script src=\"http:\/\/edge.quantserve.com\/quant.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>A bill introduced in the House of Representatives by Rep. Charles Rangel, D-N.Y., would reinstate a compulsory military draft during wartime and require U.S. citizens not selected for military duty to perform a &#8220;national-service obligation&#8221; \u2013 as defined by President Obama \u2013 for a minimum of two years.<\/p>\n<p>Rangel introduced the <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20160704002007\/http:\/\/thomas.loc.gov\/cgi-bin\/query\/z?c111:H.R.5741:\">Universal National Service Act<\/a>, or H.R. 5741, on July 15. The measure was referred to the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Military Personnel on July 23.<\/p>\n<p>Rangel introduced similar bills in 2003, 2006 and 2007. His current bill does not have a co-sponsor.<\/p>\n<p>Rangel <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20110203112701\/http:\/\/rangel.house.gov\/video\/2010\/07\/rangeldraftvideo0716.html\">took to the floor of the House to reintroduce H.R. 5741<\/a>, stating, &#8220;I have introduced legislation to reinstate the draft and to make it permanent during time of war. It is H.R. 5741, and what this does is to make everyone between the ages of 18 and 42 \u2013 whether they&#8217;re men or women, whether they&#8217;re straight or gay \u2013 to have the opportunity to defend this great country whenever the president truly believes that our national security is threatened.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>According to an announcement released by Rangel&#8217;s office:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The bill provides for a national-service obligation \u2013 either military or civilian \u2013 for every citizen and permanent resident, male and female, of the U.S., aged 18 to 42.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<ul>\n<li>Persons may be inducted to perform military service only if a declaration of war is in effect, or if the president declares a national emergency necessitating the induction of persons to perform military service and immediately informs Congress of the reasons for the declaration. <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20111027231052\/http:\/\/www.wnd.com\/index.php?fa=PAGE.printable&amp;pageId=184325\">Click here <\/a>to read more of this story by WND.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Related Stories:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>(Out of house article) <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20250206234639\/https:\/\/volokh.com\/posts\/1216794178.shtml\">Service Nation and Mandatory National Service<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=7zhGIeYzuJo\"><strong>ServiceNation Summit &#8211; Interview with Barack Obama (part 1)<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link to Obama Unveils \u201cUnited We Serve\u201d\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=903\">Obama Unveils \u201cUnited We Serve\u201d<\/a>\u00a0 June 2009<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link to National Service Corps Bill Clears Senate Hurdle\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=689\">National Service Corps Bill Clears Senate Hurdle<\/a>\u00a0March 2009<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link to Rick Warren\u2019s New Magazine, Purpose Driven Connection, Promotes the New Global Spirituality\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=675\">Rick Warren\u2019s New Magazine, Purpose Driven Connection, Promotes the New Global Spirituality<\/a>\u00a0February 2009<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Permanent Link to Is This Our Future: Mandatory Community Service, a Three-Legged Purpose Driven Plan, and a Brave New World?\" rel=\"bookmark\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lighthousetrailsresearch.com\/blog\/?p=1448\">Is This Our Future: Mandatory Community Service, a Three-Legged Purpose Driven Plan, and a Brave New World?<\/a>\u00a0 October 2008<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LTRP Note: What this article&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[248,46,45],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4787","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hate-crime-laws","category-politics","category-signs-of-the-times","wpcat-248-id","wpcat-46-id","wpcat-45-id"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v28.4 (Yoast SEO v28.4) - 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