Tag: Amish

Amish, Mennonite Communities in Pennsylvania May Have Reached Herd Immunity: Medical Center

Amish and Mennonite communities in a Pennsylvania county may have reached immunity for the CCP virus, according to a local health official. Allen Hoover, an administrator at the Parochial Medical Center in the heart of the Amish community in Lancaster County’s New Holland Borough, said he believes as many as nine in 10 households in the…


Amish Challenge Forced Water Treatment System in Supreme Court on Religious Grounds

An isolated Amish community in Minnesota is appealing a state supreme court ruling in the U.S. Supreme Court that allows a regulator to force its members to install a septic system that conflicts with their religious beliefs. The case is Mast v. Fillmore County, court file 20-7028. The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled against the Amish…