Representatives Nate Gentry and Daniel A. Ivey Soto are looking to introduce legislation during the upcoming New Mexico Legislative Session that would require children to submit proof of registering in the military if they choose not to go to college or enter into an internship.

This is a roundabout way to have New Mexico's own version of a draft. Forced military service is the very opposite of freedom. With our politicians sending our troops into senseless wars and military conflict for nothing more than nation building, regime change, and political agenda & greed, do we really want to allow our state legislators to force our children into the military to send them off to risk their lives for political agenda? I know I don't

I've started this petition as a means to show our legislators and Representatives Gentry and Soto that the citizens of New Mexico are against HB 23 and forced military service. If you want to help us stop this awful legislation please feel free to sign our petition and share it with your friends. This must be stopped before our children are forced to risk their lives for the desires of war hungry politicians.