![]() To those who consider Dellinger a modern-day saint of pacifism, going to jail rather than fight even in a popular war shows the depth and consistency of his beliefs.īut to others, Dellinger's avoidance of military service when the country was in a worldwide conflagration is seen as proof of his consistent misguidedness. That action, a generation before draft resistance became commonplace during the Vietnam War, is emblematic of Dellinger's approach to issues and of the disparate responses that his stands evoke. ![]() Lovell, retired state clerk of the Presbytery of Chicago, was one of eight divinity students led by Dellinger who went to jail for refusing to register for the draft in the 1940s rather than use their divinity-student deferments to avoid service during World War II. ![]()
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