The Amish and The First Amendment

When our ancestors formed our new country in 1776, whatever principle they were based on, whatever religion wrote the first amendment to have equality right in the United States. However, the comment makes it difficult for the first modification to continue. People usually have a way of thinking that they can follow their own beliefs and make stereotypes to others. "These stereotypes are enemies of learning" (Wagner 6). Learning is the foundation of life. However, through stereotypes, less common religions such as Amish become less noticeable.

Amish was born in Switzerland but now it is in the center of culture centered on the United States and Canada. Amish is known as Old Order Amish or Pennsylvania Dutch. Religion is strict in communities closely tied to education which is far from the world. Doctrine followed by Amish and simple doctrine. Because of this simplicity Amish can now possess electricity, possess a car, or can participate in war. Modern people think that living in the Netherlands society in Pennsylvania, Amish is a necessity of today's world

Lancaster Amish is a Dutchman from Pennsylvania but Pennsylvania Dutch are not all Amish people. Dutch in Pennsylvania is the indigenous people in central Pennsylvania, especially Lancaster and its surrounding counties. Unlike Amish, they are not all religions. Instead, their common bonds are mostly German biographies (Pennsylvania Dutch is actually a German, Pennsylvania, German). They also have a family line in Welsh, English, Scots, Switzerland and French. The roots of Amish are in the Mennonite community. Both were part of the early European baptism movement that occurred during the reform. Anabaptists believe that only adults who admit their beliefs should be baptized and separated from a larger society. Many early anapaptists were executed as heathens as Catholics and Protestants, and many flew to the mountains of Switzerland and South Germany.

At Yoder, Amish parents objected to Wisconsin 's regulation in 1969 which required an admission rate of 6 - 6 years. Specifically, parents believe that the law infringes religious freedom of their first amendment. The court upheld the challenges of Amish parents and pointed out that the state had no good reason to force such a burden. In addition, the court reiterated the importance of parental freedom to instruct child rearing. The court specifically stated that: