New York’s elimination of religious exemptions for school vaccine mandates is threatening to drive Amish families from the state, according to First Liberty Institute attorney Hiram Sasser, who is urging the Supreme Court to intervene in the ongoing legal battle.For decades, New York allowed religious exemptions for schoolchildren.But the state repealed that exemption in 2019, leaving Amish families and their small private schools facing vaccination requirements and potentially crippling fines.
The Second Circuit upheld the law in June, and the Amish have since asked the Supreme Court to take up the case."For decades, New York had a religious exemption for their vaccine mandate that they had on the books, and it protected the Amish who've been there for over 200 years," Sasser told Fox News Digital on Wednesday.‘COVID 2.0’: LAWMAKERS PUSH BACK ON SWEEPING HEALTH 'POLICE POWER' IN KEY BATTLEGROUND STATENew York’s elimination of religious exemptions for school vaccine mandates could drive Amish families out of the state, according to one legal group.(Getty Images)"And it's just such a shame that New York is one of the only states in America that decided that they wanted to get rid of their vaccine religious exemption and to try to impose it on everybody, including private schools and unfortunately hitting the Amish who have their own ‘Little House on the Prairie’ style schools that they have on their farms and for whatever reason New York decided that they were going to start enforcing this requirement on the Amish who, frankly, just don't participate in these kinds of things and instead of just leaving the Amish alone, New York decided to enforce it."Sasser said the state has put "crushing fines" on the Amish, which are endangering their farms and even the ability to stay in New York.CATHOLIC NUNS CARING FOR DYING PATIENTS FIGHT NEW YORK TRANS RULE, FACE JAIL TIMEFor decades, New York allowed religious exemptions for schoolchildren before repealing that...