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This 3-page paper discusses the case of the Amish family versus the state of Wisconsin's compulsory education laws. The paper discusses the basis of the case, the arguments and the effect of the decision. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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U.S. Constitution. In the case of Wisconsin vs. Yoder (406, U.S. 208), which was presented before the Supreme Court in 1972, dealt with questions and issues about the free exercise
of religion. More specifically, the case dealt with the question of states rights to initiate compulsive high school education, and whether states had the right to intrude into a family
in a faith-based situation (Religious Freedom Page, 2003). In this particular case, three Amish families residing in Green County, Wisconsin, stopped sending
their children to public school after they completed eighth grade (University of Missouri/Kansas City, 2003). At the time, however, Wisconsins compulsory school-attendance law required that the children attend public or
private school until age 16 (University of Missouri/Kansas City, 2003). Because the families were in direct violation of the law, they were tried and convicted, and fined the sum of
$5 each (University of Missouri/Kansas City, 2003). The families, however, protested that the application of the compulsory attendance law violate their rights
under the First and Fourteenth Amendments (University of Missouri/Kansas City, 2003). In short, the families believed that the childrens attendance at high school (whether public or private) was contrary to
both the Amish religion and the Amish way of life (University of Missouri/Kansas City, 2003). The parents felt that by sending their children to high school, "they would not only
expose themselves to the danger of the censure of the church community, but . . . also endanger their own salvation and that of their children" (University of Missouri/Kansas City,
2003). As high schools tend to emphasize intellectual and scientific accomplishments, competitiveness and social life with other students (not to mention self-distinction), this was in direct violation with the Amish
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