by L.W., Summer Intern | Published on Jul 15, 2021 Last updated Dec 19, 2023 | Amish Religion, Wisconsin v. Yoder
If your son or daughter’s school released a statement declaring, “We feel that if we give the child an education that allows ‘it’ to get a job and also be a good, moral person, we have done our duty as a good school”, wouldn’t that statement enrage you?
by V.B., Summer Intern | Published on Jul 13, 2021 Last updated Dec 19, 2023 | Amish Religion, Wisconsin v. Yoder
So why don’t the Amish start their own vocational schools? Because they need their children to run their farms or other occupations, which shun technology in favor of the cheaper child labor.
by V.B., Summer Intern | Published on Jul 9, 2021 Last updated Dec 19, 2023 | Amish Culture, Wisconsin v. Yoder
The Amish scholars who have so prominently featured throughout Wisconsin v. Yoder and related propaganda efforts by the Christian right are not insidious because they are activists, but because they cloak themselves in the familiar cloak of an impartial witness.