Our forefathers taught that. The group forgoes electricity, cars, motorized farm equipment, telephones and indoor plumbing. An appeals court in Ohio one of 24 states with similar regulations said the state has a right to enforce safety statutes during deer season. Smith said that the Amish are taught to separate themselves from the rest of the world. They do that by the clothes they wear.
Bright colors violate their religious beliefs.
Smith said he does not know if the brothers will pay the fines. The city has tried unsuccessfully to defend its publicly funded steel and concrete monument since 1992, when a coalition of local religious leaders first challenged the structure. The Supreme Court, in effect, sided with the coalition and let stand a federal appeals court decision. Christian relics are embedded in its base. In short, it carries great religious significance.