Recruitment on Campus

We believe using our schools to promote military recruitment constitutes an invasion of privacy (“Bill Could Boost Recruiting at Schools,” Nov. 2). It also places undue pressure on young people as they discover their sexual orientation. It pushes away examination of conscience and the rightness of committing oneself to violent resolution of conflict.

Military service is not just any career. Where is there any guarantee of equal time for students to be educated on their legal right to declare themselves as conscientious objectors? School districts that give or sell names and information about students diminish our respect for human life by treating it as a marketable product.

Aimee and Langdon Elsbree

Claremont