{"id":12807,"date":"1996-03-14T19:01:00","date_gmt":"1996-03-15T03:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12807"},"modified":"2023-02-05T16:48:28","modified_gmt":"2023-02-06T00:48:28","slug":"selective-conscientious-objection-in-the-united-states","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/?p=12807","title":{"rendered":"Selective conscientious objection in the United States"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Joseph E Capizzi<\/h4>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"177\" height=\"230\" src=\"https:\/\/library.consciencelaws.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/jchurchstate.jpg\" alt=\"Journal of Church &amp; State\" class=\"wp-image-16018\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Journal of Church &#038; State<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><strong>Extract<\/strong><br>It is this author&#8217;s position that the concerns of the selective conscientious objector ought to be legally recognized, not because an exemption is granted to the pacifist, but because it is the right thing to do in a democratic society that is respectful of its members&#8217; religious commitments. This is not proposed as yet another right to add to the ever-growing list of individual rights in our society. The point of this essay is not to argue implicitly in defense of liberalism by arguing explicitly for a right deriving therefrom. Rather, it is proposed that the recognition of selective conscientious objection is necessary due to the presence of two existent legal concepts: the free exercise of religion, already extended to pacifists, and the right to confessional neutrality. &#8220;Compelling state interests&#8221; simply do not, in point of fact, override confessional neutrality. The government&#8217;s arguments about the feasibility of determining sincere selective objectors, about the drain of manpower that it claims would occur, and that the selective objector is merely a &#8220;political&#8221; dissenter and as such should not be granted this privilege, are not convincing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Capizzi JE. <a href=\"https:\/\/academic.oup.com\/jcs\/article-abstract\/38\/2\/339\/811634\">Selective conscientious objection in the United States<\/a>. J Church State. 1996 Spring;38(2):339-363. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Joseph E Capizzi ExtractIt is this author&#8217;s position that the concerns of the selective conscientious objector ought to be legally recognized, not because an exemption is granted to the pacifist, but because it is the right thing to do in a democratic society that is respectful of its members&#8217; religious commitments. 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