An isolated Amish community in Minnesota is appealing a state supreme court ruling in the U.S. Supreme Court that allows a regulator to force its members to install a septic system that conflicts with their religious beliefs. The case is Mast v. Fillmore County, court file 20-7028. The Minnesota Supreme Court ruled against the Amish on Aug. 25, 2020. The Minnesota Attorney General’s Office, which is representing the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA), has been asked by the U.S. Supreme Court to respond to the petition brought by members of the Fillmore County Amish community. The attorney general’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment from The Epoch Times. The dispute dates back to 2013 when the MPCA approved sewage treatment rules mandating that all counties create local ordinances rather than simply adopting the state septic code by reference. Later that year Fillmore County adopted and implemented …
Amish Challenge Forced Water Treatment System in Supreme Court on Religious Grounds
March 17, 2021
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