Draggingtree Posted August 27, 2012 Share Posted August 27, 2012 npr.org: Beard-Cutting Case Tests Limits of Hate Crime Law Amy Sancetta/AP Sam Mullet, in the front yard of his home in Bergholz, Ohio, last year, is one of 16 people charged in beard- and hair- cutting attacks on fellow Amish. Mullet denies being involved in the attacks. by David Barnett August 27, 2012 Sixteen members of an Ohio Amish sect are set to go on trial in federal court Monday in Cleveland. The defendants are accused of violating U.S. hate crime laws by cutting the hair and beards of detractors, a humiliating reprimand for the devout. Chin hair, according to Jacob Troyer, an Amish craftsman in Holmes County, Ohio, is a rite of passage for young Amish men. "When they join church to get baptized, they grow a beard up to the bottom of the ear. They usually have an inch or so of space there. When they marry, they grow that together," Troyer says. Troyer likes talking about the traditions he's grown up with here. But ask him about the beard cutting attacks that occurred here and Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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