New settlements can be found all around the nation as Amish families find rural land and move, forming their own groups. Burdge said while some churches may decide to move to a geographical area ...

The suit claims enforcement of the ordinances related to the privies violated the rights of the Amish under the Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act of 2000. The Justice Department ...

But did you know you can land in serious trouble for taking a ride in a horse-drawn buggy after having too many? That’s exactly what happened to one Amish man when the police caught up with him ...

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/top-ten-faq/ The author of several books about the Amish and other Anabaptist groups, Donald B. Kraybill is a ...

Most Amish today will not pose for a photograph. Considering it a violation of the Second Commandment, which prohibits the making of "graven images," the Amish believe any physical representation ...

In 2000, 1,342 out of 2,134 registered Amish voters in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania–which has one of the largest Amish communities in the US–cast ballots, achieving a turnout rate of 63%.

“There’s a very small percentage of Amish that farm anymore. We still own a lot of land, but economics has simply forced us to diversify. So we have a lot of Amish folks that are into ...