Legislation that would give the Amish an immediate exemption from having to attach brightly colored slow-moving-vehicle triangles to their buggies still hasn’t been signed into law. Members of the more conservative Amish sect of Swartzentruber object to the emblems on …
The Kentucky Supreme Court heard arguments Thursday from a group of Amish men who have refused to use a reflective traffic sign on their horse-drawn buggies because it goes against their religion. The Amish men say their faith forbids them …
Lawmakers in Kentucky have moved a step closer to discarding a longstanding traffic safety measure in the name of religious freedom, despite dire warnings that the move could lead to mayhem on the state’s roadways. The House voted 90-9 to …
The Amish in Kentucky would not have to display reflective safety triangles on their horse-drawn buggies if a proposal by a state legislator becomes law. Rep. Johnny Bell, a Glasgow Democrat, has sponsored a bill to allow the buggies to …
A judge who dealt jail sentences to Amish men who refused to pay traffic fines in a dispute over the use of reflective safety triangles on their buggies handed down an unnecessary punishment, a lawyer for the men says, noting …
On Jacob Gingerich’s farm in western Kentucky, there is no phone or electricity for his family of 12 children. He even sees putting an orange safety triangle on their black horse-drawn buggy as a violation of the simple and pious …
A western Kentucky lawmaker is trying to find a compromise in the debate over a law that requires slow-moving vehicles to display a reflective triangle, a requirement that Amish men say infringes on their religious beliefs. Republican Sen. Ken Winters …
