One of many good reasons why to celebrate 250th anniversary of the Declaration of Independence!
The Amish people living in the US is one of several reasons why I chose to permanently leave Germany to live and become a US citizen in the United States!
Young Amish men are exempted from military draft because of their pacifism! "During a military draft, young Amish men are eligible to claim formal Conscientious Objector (CO) status, which historically allows them to perform alternative civilian service rather than bearing arms." (Google)
"... The Amish do have their own communal moral and legal code – the Ordnung (German for “order” or “discipline”) that has historically put them in occasional conflict with federal law: for example, the Ordnung forbids relying on government public assistance. The Amish view this as a failure to trust in God’s providence and a violation of the church’s duty to care for its own elderly and sick, so Congress granted them an official federal exemption to waive their Social Security taxes – which meant the Amish gave up any right to receive future benefits. This is hardly a burden on their fellow taxpayers. ..."
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