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Amish say proposed development could harm community

HARRISBURG, PA – Amish farmers in Lancaster County say a proposed housing and retail development could harm their community.

The Manheim Township farmers took their concerns to Donald Kraybill, a senior fellow emeritus at the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College.

He said if the development encroaches too harshly on the community, it could raise a question of First Amendment rights.

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