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What Is Freedom and Why Is It Important? Here Are 3 Answers

What Is Freedom and Why Is It Important? Here Are 3 Answers

by Torah Bontrager | Published on Aug 4, 2021 Last updated Dec 19, 2023 | Current Events

Freedom is completely unattainable. The idea of being free or having freedom is one of the biggest scams we’re sold as Americans or humans.

9 jaw-dropping lines from an acclaimed film that will infuriate you

9 jaw-dropping lines from an acclaimed film that will infuriate you

by V.B., Summer Intern | Published on Aug 2, 2021 Last updated Dec 19, 2023 | Amish Entertainment

This documentary gives more inner life and personality to horses than women. The quotes uphold a particular status quo that tells the outside world to think of the Amish as quaint “others”, rather than as fully formed, complex people and deserving of human and Constitutional rights.

Only One Child Testified in Landmark Supreme Court Case Wisconsin v. Yoder

Only One Child Testified in Landmark Supreme Court Case Wisconsin v. Yoder

by A.A., Summer Intern | Published on Aug 1, 2021 Last updated Dec 19, 2023 | Amish Culture, Wisconsin v. Yoder

Out of all the children affected by Wisconsin v. Yoder, only one, Frieda Yoder, testified. In her testimony, she was only asked if her religion was the reason she did not go to school––not if she wanted to go to school despite her religion, or any question pertaining to her own wishes for her future.

Is It Possible for Religion to Play a Role in Ensuring Human Rights?

Is It Possible for Religion to Play a Role in Ensuring Human Rights?

by Althea Chokwe | Published on Jul 30, 2021 Last updated Dec 19, 2023 | Amish Culture, Wisconsin v. Yoder

Radicals believe that religion can be used as a tool to institute their own society that blatantly ignores rights granted under American law. This is not the intent of religious freedom, and the merging of religious abuse and human rights is a necessary discussion to have.

9 jaw-dropping lines from an acclaimed film that will infuriate you

Why 2 Legal Experts Say Taking Students Out of School Is Constitutional

by K.F., Summer Intern | Published on Jul 28, 2021 Last updated Dec 19, 2023 | Amish Education, Wisconsin v. Yoder

I found it ironic that this particular college professor said that education would not change religious women’s rights.

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