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rug

(82,333 posts)
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 06:04 PM Oct 2015

Amish man sues to buy firearm without photo ID in gun rights, religious freedom lawsuit



By Justin Wm. Moyer
October 27 at 4:23 AM

Lately, Americans have argued both about their right to bear arms and whether the free exercise of religion allows businesses and state officials to claim exemptions from requirements that conflict with their religious beliefs. It’s not everyday, however, that the two issues, guns and religion, wind up together in a single case.

In a suit that brings together the Second Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), an Amish man filed a federal lawsuit in Pennsylvania last week because he wants to buy a gun without the required photo ID — and because getting that photo ID would violate his religious beliefs.

Andrew Hertzler, according to the suit, is from Lancaster County, Pa., and is an “active and practicing” member of the community; his “parents, grandparents, and siblings are all active and practicing Amish”; and he “has a sincerely held religious belief that prevents him from knowingly and willingly having his photograph taken and stored.”

“The Amish faith prohibits an individual from having his/her photograph taken,” the suit read. “This belief stems from the Biblical passage Exodus 20:4, which mandates that ‘You shall not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth,’ as well as the Christian belief in humility.”

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/27/amish-man-sues-to-buy-firearm-without-photo-id-in-gun-rights-religious-freedom-lawsuit/
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Amish man sues to buy firearm without photo ID in gun rights, religious freedom lawsuit (Original Post) rug Oct 2015 OP
He could call the Amish Mafia they got all kinds of guns.... Historic NY Oct 2015 #1
As long as it's not an automatic. rug Oct 2015 #2
Weird interpretation of Exodus 20:4 but who am I to judge? emulatorloo Oct 2015 #3
I hope he doesn't take the other half of 1 Samuel 17:54 literally. rug Oct 2015 #4
Lol n/t emulatorloo Oct 2015 #6
The Constitution says nothing... scscholar Oct 2015 #5
The RFRA is all about the First Amendment. rug Oct 2015 #7

Historic NY

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1. He could call the Amish Mafia they got all kinds of guns....
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 06:06 PM
Oct 2015

I don't think he has a case to be immune. He could always buy a flintlock.

emulatorloo

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3. Weird interpretation of Exodus 20:4 but who am I to judge?
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 06:26 PM
Oct 2015

I guess he needs to sort out his priorities.

 

rug

(82,333 posts)
7. The RFRA is all about the First Amendment.
Tue Oct 27, 2015, 06:38 PM
Oct 2015

This is the first I've heard of the Frist and Second joining forces.

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