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Related: About this forumAmish man sues to buy firearm without photo ID in gun rights, religious freedom lawsuit
By Justin Wm. Moyer
October 27 at 4:23 AM
Lately, Americans have argued both about their right to bear arms and whether the free exercise of religion allows businesses and state officials to claim exemptions from requirements that conflict with their religious beliefs. Its not everyday, however, that the two issues, guns and religion, wind up together in a single case.
In a suit that brings together the Second Amendment and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA), an Amish man filed a federal lawsuit in Pennsylvania last week because he wants to buy a gun without the required photo ID and because getting that photo ID would violate his religious beliefs.
Andrew Hertzler, according to the suit, is from Lancaster County, Pa., and is an active and practicing member of the community; his parents, grandparents, and siblings are all active and practicing Amish; and he has a sincerely held religious belief that prevents him from knowingly and willingly having his photograph taken and stored.
The Amish faith prohibits an individual from having his/her photograph taken, the suit read. This belief stems from the Biblical passage Exodus 20:4, which mandates that You shall not make unto thee any graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth, as well as the Christian belief in humility.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2015/10/27/amish-man-sues-to-buy-firearm-without-photo-id-in-gun-rights-religious-freedom-lawsuit/
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Amish man sues to buy firearm without photo ID in gun rights, religious freedom lawsuit (Original Post)
rug
Oct 2015
OP
Historic NY
(37,449 posts)1. He could call the Amish Mafia they got all kinds of guns....
I don't think he has a case to be immune. He could always buy a flintlock.
rug
(82,333 posts)2. As long as it's not an automatic.
emulatorloo
(44,120 posts)3. Weird interpretation of Exodus 20:4 but who am I to judge?
I guess he needs to sort out his priorities.
rug
(82,333 posts)4. I hope he doesn't take the other half of 1 Samuel 17:54 literally.
scscholar
(2,902 posts)5. The Constitution says nothing...
about photo IDs so of course they can be required.
rug
(82,333 posts)7. The RFRA is all about the First Amendment.
This is the first I've heard of the Frist and Second joining forces.