PER CURIAM.
This appeal concerns the refusal of a 21-year old male member of the Old Order Amish sect, who had been classified by his local draft board as a conscientious objector, to report for alternate civilian service. The alternate service which he was directed to perform consisted of work in a state hospital in a community other than the one in which he resided. He based his refusal on the conviction that obedience to the Commandment, "Thou shalt not kill" made...
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