by Torah Bontrager | Jul 19, 2020 | Amish Culture
Amish dolls have no faces. No eyes, no nose, no mouth, no fingers, no toes. I spotted it after church services were over. Laura was playing with it. The white miniature-sized, plastic English doll with delicate features looked so pretty. I admired its tiny, beautiful...
by Torah Bontrager | Jun 19, 2020 | Amish Culture
From rumspringa to language to identity, here are the lies you’ve been told Myth #1: Amish teens have the freedom to choose whether to remain inside the Church; that’s what rumspringa is for. Rumspringa as portrayed in pop culture is a myth that does untold...
by Torah Bontrager | Feb 18, 2019 | WI v. Yoder
[Overturning WI v. Yoder] Most of you don’t know this so I just wanted to give a quick heads up. I’m extremely personally connected to WI v. Yoder. This case is about as closely related to me as can be. About 10 years before Yoder was ruled in 1972, the...
by Torah Bontrager | Feb 17, 2019 | WI v. Yoder
[Overturning WI v. Yoder] So many people freak out when I talk about overturning Yoder. LESSON OF THE YEAR: Yoder was NOT a landmark victory for religious freedom. Religious freedom existed before. Religions (Catholic, Protestant, etc.) had their own schools before....
by Torah Bontrager | Nov 26, 2018 | WI v. Yoder
[Overturning WI v. Yoder] I get super irked by the self-proclaimed expert authorities on the Amish (who are neither Amish nor ever bothered to learn our language). One of the HUGE problems is that these so-called experts go around perpetuating the myth that all the...
