U.S. Justice Department intervenes to stop Sugar Grove Township from requiring Old Order Amish to abandon privies and connect ...

I was born in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, one of the main Old Order Amish places in the US. I grew up on a small farm in a little community surrounded by mountains and valleys — I was always ...

Old Order Amish in Warren County will no longer be required to use an electric component of a sewer system following a ...

Federal authorities have stepped in to resolve a lawsuit involving the Sugar Grove Area Sewage Authority (SUGASA) which ...

The Amish have a long history in the Hawkeye State and are a big part of what makes Iowa such a unique and special place to ...

After years of legal wrangling, Sugar Grove’s Old Order Amish residents will legally be allowed to use their outdoor privies rather than be required to use Sugar Grove’s municipal sewage system. The ...

Under the agreement, Amish households will be exempt from the sewage system requirement and allowed to use privies, according ...

Members of Old Order Amish community in Sugar Grove Township have long opposed local ordinances mandating that they abandon outhouses and connect residences to municipal sewer system U.S ...

“The Religious Land Use and Institutionalized Persons Act protects the rights of religious communities across the country, including the Old Order Amish, from the enforcement of land use rules ...