New York is hitting Amish families with more than $118,000 in fines over vaccine requirements, and a federal appeals court just sided with the state again. 💉
These are Amish families living in their own communities, following religious beliefs and traditions they’ve practiced for generations. They’re not asking the government for anything. They just want to be left alone.
What makes this even crazier is that the 2019 measles outbreak that helped push New York to eliminate its religious exemption wasn’t even connected to these Amish communities.
Now these families are facing six-figure fines for refusing to go against their religious beliefs.
If religious freedom doesn’t protect you when your beliefs conflict with the government, what exactly does it protect?