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Though not in litigation yet, an new Amish settlement that began in 2015 near Fort Scott, Kansas, has grown to 25 families and local Bourbon County officials object to the traditional Amish practice of distributing human waste from outhouses to the fi
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In April 2021, Old Order Amish families in a large community in Adams County, Indiana, felt compelled to sue their county to block its orders for everyone to hook up to the county's electric sewer system.<ref>https://www.wane.com/news/amish-families-suing-adams-co-over-first-amendment-rights-after-being-forced-to-hook-up-to-sewer/</ref>  This lawsuit was filed in federal court in the Northern District of Indiana.
 
In April 2021, Old Order Amish families in a large community in Adams County, Indiana, felt compelled to sue their county to block its orders for everyone to hook up to the county's electric sewer system.<ref>https://www.wane.com/news/amish-families-suing-adams-co-over-first-amendment-rights-after-being-forced-to-hook-up-to-sewer/</ref>  This lawsuit was filed in federal court in the Northern District of Indiana.
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== Fort Scott, Kansas==
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Though not in litigation yet, an new Amish settlement that began in 2015 near Fort Scott, [[Kansas]], has grown to 25 families and local Bourbon County officials object to the traditional Amish practice of distributing human waste from outhouses to the fields as fertilizer for crops, rather than using expensive electricity-dependent machinery for disposing of the waste.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-amish-outhouses-idUSBRE85P1DT20120626</ref>
 
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