Amish individuals and schools in New York asked the Supreme Court on Monday to protect their religious rights. They said state laws had wrongly compelled Amish schoolchildren to receive vaccinations to attend Amish schools, violating their sincerely held religious beliefs. The Amish simply wish to be left alone to practice their religion in peace, said Aaron Siri, one of the attorneys representing the plaintiffs. If the courts rule in favor of New York, the Amish will be forced to flee the state and live out their beliefs elsewhere, Siri said. New York has the fifth largest Amish population in the United States, with more than 25,000 Amish living there, according to the Young Center for Anabaptist and Pietist Studies at Elizabethtown College.
It is so evil that the NY powers will harass these upstanding hard working citizens over a completely unnecessary “health” requirement. Vaccines have not been scientifically proven to be highly effective and many of the required vaccines for school children are rare diseases today. I researched this in PA and for tuberculosis there were less than 200 cases in the last 5 years in the millions of PA citizens. Yet TB tests are usually required for many job positions! There is credible research that these many vaccines are related to the HUGE upward spike of Autism. the medical “leaders” as in spokesmen, for decades have ignored the clear evidence that vaccines are directly linked to the increase of Autism. In the Illinois Amish community, a doctor who cared for these Amish noted that of the 5,000 children in this community there were only 2 that had Autism. And one of them had had a few vaccines before moving to this community. Look at the % of children today in the U.S. that have Autism, and its much more than 10%. I also had to fight to keep my children from being vaccinated.
And thankfully could use the religious exemption here in PA and in NC to avoid this unwise “medical” procedure.