Amish farmers jailed over buggy violation

Kentucky. How dopey is this - they couldn't cmoe up with a compromise so they jailed them?

Nine Amish men were ordered to jail for not paying a fine for refusing to display an orange reflective triangle on their horse-drawn buggies

The men, who owed $158 in fines and court costs, said paying the fines would amount to complying with a Kentucky law they believe violates their religious strictures against wearing bright colors or trusting in man-made symbols for their safety, the newspaper says.

District Judge Deborah Hawkins Crooks ordered the nine to serve three to 10 days in jail. The Mayfield jail had special-ordered dark-colored jumpsuits out of respect for the men's likely aversion to wearing the usual orange jumpsuits, says the Courier-Journal.

The men, who belong to an especially strict sect known as the Old Order Swartzentruber, sought permission to use lanterns and gray reflective tape rather than orange, but the state and courts have said that wouldn't be as effective in daytime.

Huh? Why do you need an orange triangle in the daytime?

Comments

[Dennis Cannon]

I wear an orange safety vest while biking in the daytime...