Religion & Law

Court Rejects Amish Free Exercise Challenge to Buggy Emblem Requirement
WKYX News reports today that in Mayfield, Kentucky, a state circuit court judge upheld the conviction of three Amish men for refusing to display slow-moving vehicle emblems on their horse-drawn buggies...

MO man accused of carjacking a horse-and-buggy
The story is, of course, from the Jamesport area, which has a big Amish population, the News-Press reports. (All the guy wanted was a ride, which the Amish man probably would've given him if he asked nicely...

Trial Focuses On Amish Refusal To Use Lights and Triangle On Buggies
A Graves County, Kentucky District Court on Monday heard testimony in a case in which three Amish men were cited for not having flashing lights and an orange triangular symbol on their slow-moving buggies...

Amish Fined For Refusing To Put Reflectors or Lights On Buggies
In Mayfield, Kentucky yesterday, Graves County District Judge Deborah Crooks found three Amish men guilty of failing to put flashing lights or reflective orange triangles on their horse-drawn buggies...

Enforcement of the Building Code Does Not Violate RLUIPA nor Discriminate Against Amish
A Town Justice Court denied a request by a group of Amish residents to dismiss charges of failure to follow building code based upon religious beliefs. After being charged with violations of the building code for building without permits, and in one case, moving a building without a permit, several members of the Amish community  moved [...

6th Circuit Rejects Amish Challenge to Septic Tank Requirements
In Beechy v. Central Michigan District Health Department, (6th Cir., April 23, 2008), the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals rather summarily affirmed a district court decision rejecting free exercise and RLUIPA claims by Amish defendants who objected to septic tank size requirements...

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