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== Full Sabbath Observance ==

== Full Sabbath Observance ==

[[File:Amish youth groups at Behalt 11.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px| Amish youth groups from Davies County, IN, and Lancaster County, PA, visit Behalt as part of their preparing to make the decision of whether or not to join the Amish community on a long term basis (namely, their adulthood).]]

[[File:Amish youth groups at Behalt 11.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px| Amish youth groups from Davies County, IN, and Lancaster County, PA, visit Behalt as part of their preparing to make the decision of whether or not to join the Amish community on a long-term basis (namely, their adulthood).]]

Amish fully enjoy the weekly [[Sabbath]] as a complete day of rest and relaxation.  All non-necessary work is avoided for the entire day.  Commentators have particularly praised this aspect of Amish life.<ref>https://amishamerica.com/how-do-amish-keep-the-sabbath-holy/</ref>

Amish fully enjoy the weekly [[Sabbath]] as a complete day of rest and relaxation.  All non-necessary work is avoided for the entire day.  Commentators have particularly praised this aspect of Amish life.<ref>https://amishamerica.com/how-do-amish-keep-the-sabbath-holy/</ref>

== Exempt from Public School ==

== Exempt from Public School ==

The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] established an exemption from compulsory attendance at school for the Amish, specifically the Old Order Amish Mennonite Church, in ''[[Wisconsin v. Yoder|Wisconsin v. Yoder]]'' (May 15, 1972) (7-0 ruling), based on their [[First Amendment]] right to free exercise of religion.

The [[U.S. Supreme Court]] established an exemption from compulsory attendance at school for the Amish, specifically the Old Order Amish Mennonite Church, in ''[[Wisconsin v. Yoder]]'' (May 15, 1972) (7-0 ruling), based on their [[First Amendment]] right to free exercise of religion.

[[File:Amish School near Rebersburg PA.jpg|center|thumb|300px|Amish school in Pennsylvania]]

[[File:Amish School near Rebersburg PA.jpg|center|thumb|300px|Amish school in Pennsylvania]]

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*[https://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/12/04/4-healthy-habits-to-steal-from-amish.html 4 healthy habits to steal from the Amish], Fox News Health, December 04, 2014</ref>   

*[https://www.foxnews.com/health/2014/12/04/4-healthy-habits-to-steal-from-amish.html 4 healthy habits to steal from the Amish], Fox News Health, December 04, 2014</ref>   

David N. Brown indicated: "In March 2006, Drs. Kevin Strauss, Holmes Morton and others documented 9 autistic Amish children, which could raise the autism rate of the Lancaster Amish community Olmsted supposedly investigated to almost 1/5,000 which is still a fraction of the US average of 1/68."<ref>Puffenberger, EG; Jinks, RN; Wang, H; Xin, B; Fiorentini, C; Sherman, EA; Degrazio, D; Shaw, C; Sougnez, C; Cibulskis, K; Gabriel, S; Kelley, RI; Morton, DH; Strauss, KA (Dec 2012). "A homozygous missense mutation in HERC2 associated with global developmental delay and autism spectrum disorder". Human Mutation 33 (12): 1639–1646</ref><ref>Jackman, C; Horn, ND; Molleston, JP; Sokol, DK (Apr 2009). "Gene associated with seizures, autism, and hepatomegaly in an Amish girl". Pediatric Neurology 40 (4): 310–313.</ref><ref>Alarcón, Maricela; Abrahams, Brett S.; Stone, Jennifer L.; Duvall, Jacqueline A.; Perederiy, Julia V.; Bomar, Jamee M.; Sebat, Jonathan; Wigler, Michael; Martin, Christa L.; Ledbetter, David H.; Nelson, Stanley F.; Cantor, Rita M.; Geschwind, Daniel H. (10 January 2008). "Linkage, Association, and Gene-Expression Analyses Identify CNTNAP2 as an Autism-Susceptibility Gene". American Journal of Human Genetics 82 (1): 150–159</ref>]

David N. Brown indicated: "In March 2006, Drs. Kevin Strauss, Holmes Morton and others documented 9 autistic Amish children, which could raise the autism rate of the Lancaster Amish community Olmsted supposedly investigated to almost 1/5,000 which is still a fraction of the US average of 1/68."<ref>Puffenberger, EG; Jinks, RN; Wang, H; Xin, B; Fiorentini, C; Sherman, EA; Degrazio, D; Shaw, C; Sougnez, C; Cibulskis, K; Gabriel, S; Kelley, RI; Morton, DH; Strauss, KA (Dec 2012). "A homozygous missense mutation in HERC2 associated with global developmental delay and autism spectrum disorder". Human Mutation 33 (12): 1639–1646</ref><ref>Jackman, C; Horn, ND; Molleston, JP; Sokol, DK (Apr 2009). "Gene associated with seizures, autism, and hepatomegaly in an Amish girl". Pediatric Neurology 40 (4): 310–313.</ref><ref>Alarcón, Maricela; Abrahams, Brett S.; Stone, Jennifer L.; Duvall, Jacqueline A.; Perederiy, Julia V.; Bomar, Jamee M.; Sebat, Jonathan; Wigler, Michael; Martin, Christa L.; Ledbetter, David H.; Nelson, Stanley F.; Cantor, Rita M.; Geschwind, Daniel H. (10 January 2008). "Linkage, Association, and Gene-Expression Analyses Identify CNTNAP2 as an Autism-Susceptibility Gene". American Journal of Human Genetics 82 (1): 150–159</ref>

== Politics ==

== Politics ==