One of the first things that is suppressed during all communist takeovers of countries is the freedom of people to worship as they see fit. Communists cannot afford to have the people listening to anyone but them.
New York State cannot forbid the Amish from praying. It appears that the state is doing something different. The state is fining small one room schoolhouses for the fact that children are not vaccinated. The bill total was for $118,000.
In reality the case began in 2019. There was a measles outbreak in New York State. It started with two unvaccinated individuals who had returned from a trip overseas. They were not Amish. And yes, before you ask, vaccinated individuals did come down with the illness during the outbreak.
The Amish families had a religious exemption for decades. In June 2019 Albany repealed it, Andrew Cuomo signed it, and Kathy Hochul has left it sitting right there in force the entire time she has been governor. Something about keeping New Yorkers safe. How many New Yorkers died from the mRNA COVID therapy? Just asking for a friend.
The fines came down in December 2022, the Second Circuit ruled against the families twice, the most recent ruling on June 30 of this year, and now Joseph Miller, Jonas Smucker, and Ezra Wengerd are asking the Supreme Court to let them live by the faith they have lived by their whole lives.
Do all Amish avoid vaccines? The answer is No. But many harbor serious moral reservations about vaccines that contain aborted fetal cells in them. And speaking of abortion which is a sin among the Amish, where are the “my body, my choice” people? There is a strange silence when an Amish father says he wants to decide what goes into his own child’s body.
These people pretty much keep to themselves. They run their schools without a dime of public money. They farm their land, run their own schools, and ask nothing from the government.
This is outrageous action by the State of New York. They are using money as a cudgel, trying to fine these communities into compliance. This is a blatant violation of the legal principle of “informed consent” which guarantees individuals the right to make informed decisions about medical interventions, particularly vaccines, without coercion or misinformation. Without this protection, you can be forced into anything by those in power, just like the Nazis did in World War II.
The case appears to be headed to the Supreme Court. It was headed there once but was referred back to Circuit Court which did not change its decision. Will SCOTUS accept the case?