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Constitutional Law Keyed to Stone
Wisconsin v. Yoder
Citation:
406 U.S. 205 (1972)Facts
The respondents, members of the Old Order Amish community and Conservative Amish Mennonite Church, declined to send their children to public or private school after they completed the eighth grade, despite Wisconsin’s compulsory attendance law requiring schooling until age 16. The Amish provide continuing informal vocational education to prepare their children for life in the rural Amish community. Expert testimony established that the Amish religion pervades and determines their entire way of life, and that high school attendance would expose Amish children to worldly values contrary to their religious beliefs, potentially destroying their religious community. The Amish have successfully maintained their separate community for over 200 years in America, with their members being productive, law-abiding citizens who rarely require public assistance.
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