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ACLU of Kentucky in USA Today Print E-mail
Thursday, April 21, 2011, 2:26 pm

USA Today reports on the ACLU of Kentucky's pending case on behalf of a Schwartentruber Amish community in Kentucky:

In a case pending in the Kentucky Court of Appeals, a group of Amish men say a state law requiring them to put triangular slow-moving vehicle signs on their horse-drawn buggies violates their religious freedom. They want to use reflective tape and lanterns instead. Some Amish have different rules and use the emblems.

If the Amish can’t use alternatives, they could leave the state, says William Sharp, a lawyer for the American Civil Liberties Union in Louisville who represents them. “This is a matter of faith, and one that is not going to be compromised,” he says.

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