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Old 01-15-2010, 09:22 PM
 
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Is there a website where I can register as Amish?
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Old 01-15-2010, 09:25 PM
 
Location: Hoboken
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Is there a website where I can register as Amish?

You are welcome to join the Hoboken Amish.
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Old 01-15-2010, 09:34 PM
 
Location: Reading, PA
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Ah! Just noticed where you are from.

Did I say forced? I don't think I did? I'm pretty sure I stuck with the word "honor".
The discussion is about people being forced to do things their religion opposes. "Honor" in this context is meaningless.
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Old 01-15-2010, 09:35 PM
 
Location: Reading, PA
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Is there a website where I can register as Amish?
Why would you want to? You have employer provided insurance. We got you covered.
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Old 01-15-2010, 09:36 PM
 
Location: West Michigan
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Is there a website where I can register as Amish?
No, but I always wanted the Witness Protection Program to place me on an Amish farm. They are fascinating people.
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Old 01-15-2010, 09:37 PM
 
Location: Foot of the Rockies
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you are welcome to join the hoboken amish.
lol!
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Old 01-16-2010, 04:27 AM
 
Location: Turn Left at Greenland
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Amish vote. Only about 10-13% of them do, or so it's said. Since there is no check-off for religion on the voter registration form and Amish are hard to track down in telephone polls, the reliability of those figures may be in question.

They aren't forbidden to vote, they just choose not to. They really don't get involved with "English" politics unless it concerns them.


How come no one's talking about the Amish vote? - By Noreen Malone - Slate Magazine
if their bishops says no voting, then they don't vote. This culture, once they are baptized as adults, do NOT go against their Bishop. congregations can vary, but overall, if a Bishop tells his flock, no voting, then if they vote, that equals one unhappy Bishop.
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Old 01-16-2010, 06:19 AM
 
Location: On the Chesapeake
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In PA and MD, anyway (I don't know about other states), The Amish are not exempt from school attendance. They have their own schools.
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Old 01-16-2010, 08:22 AM
 
Location: Reading, PA
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if their bishops says no voting, then they don't vote. This culture, once they are baptized as adults, do NOT go against their Bishop. congregations can vary, but overall, if a Bishop tells his flock, no voting, then if they vote, that equals one unhappy Bishop.
But the bishops don't tell them not to vote.
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Old 01-16-2010, 08:51 AM
 
Location: Arizona High Desert
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But, what about the whirling dervishes ?
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