Reply #137: Probably the same sect [View All]

[RamboLiberal]

I've read of Amish in this same area of PA as this story having problems with the law over not wanting to put reflective triangles on their buggies.

On edit must be same sect - oh and good solution worked out.

PITTSBURGH -- The required display of orange triangles on their horse-drawn buggies is a thing of the past for Pennsylvania's Swartzentruber Amish after a panel of three Pennsylvania Superior Court judges ruled 2-1 today that the triangle is no longer the only legal means of calling attention to their buggies.

"We are delighted that the Superior Court upheld Pennsylvania's venerable historic tradition of respecting the rights of religious minorities," said Witold Walczak, the Pittsburgh ACLU's legal director. "This is an important victory not only for the Swartzentrubers, but for all people who value religious liberty."

The decision, which puts Pennsylvania in line with other states to have addressed the issue, allows the Swartzentrubers buggies to be outlined with a retroreflective tape that the Swartzentrubers find less offensive to their religious beliefs, but that previously had earned them traffic tickets - and even jail time.

The Swartzentrubers object to both the color and the triangular shape of the emblem Pennsylvania requires them to display. Nine other states already accommodate the religious beliefs of conservative Amish groups by allowing the use of retroreflective tape instead of triangles.

Pennsylvania Superior Court Rules: Amish Can Stick With Reflective Tape on Buggies (10/21/2003)

http://www.aclu.org/religion/gen/16344prs20031021.html