First Liberty: Minnesota County Has ‘Essentially Criminalized Being Amish’

The Amish community in Minnesota is pushing back amid claims of unfair government policies that purportedly fail to offer religious accommodations — and even reportedly led to one Amish man’s arrest. First Liberty attorney Ryan Gardner said his firm is representing two Amish congregations in Mille Lacs County, Minnesota, arguing the county itself has “essentially criminalized being Amish.” “As you might know, the Amish community lives by a pretty strict set of religious principles, and many of those involve not being involved in technology,” Gardner said. “And kind of keeping to themselves … they want to be able to live...