Republicans and the Amish Vote

October 28, 2004

Source: Religious News Service

http://www.religionnews.com/ArticleofWeek102804.html

On October 28, 2004 the Religious News Service reported, "the Amish, as well as their spiritual cousins the Hutterites and Old Order Mennonites, have long resisted political involvement as a way to 'not be conformed to this world,' as the Apostle Paul wrote. But in recent years, Republican-touted issues involving 'traditional family values' have found a receptive audience in some of those groups, whose religious and cultural beliefs emphasize family and community."