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Amish ‘hate crimes’: My NEW Taki’s piece

April 16, 2013 By Kathy Shaidle

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How did a long-simmering internal theological dispute about the length of their brethren’s beards get turned into a federal “hate crime” case?

When did transporting scissors across state lines become a felony and cutting someone’s hair—even against their will—a “bodily injury”? (…)

A 67-year-old American citizen is about to begin a 15-year prison term—in other words, a life sentence—for being a nonconformist religious weirdo in a country founded by nonconformist religious weirdoes.

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