Steel Tires OK for Amish, Despite Road Damage

Church member Matthew Hoover Zimmerman was cited in February 2010 for driving his tractor with steel "lugs," the bars that make contact with the highway.
After a magistrate upheld the citation, Zimmerman appealed the case.
In Mitchell County District Court, fellow church member Eli Zimmerman testified that the church's insistence on the steel lugs stems from Romans 12:2.
"And be not conformed to this world: but be ye transformed by the renewing of your mind, that ye may prove what is that good, and acceptable, and perfect, will of God," the passage states.
Eli Zimmerman explained that the bars are to ensure the tractors are used for work and not in place of the traditional horse and buggy. Members who violate this rule would be barred from the church, which also prohibits the use of radio, television and computers.

I wish these states would let the Amish people live in the peace that they deserve! Just one more case of a government attempt to take away our freedoms. If they want to use steel wheels they should be allowed to!

I think the governments need to back off of the Amish people and let them live in peace, they are hurting nobody. It is OUR lives and rights that are infringing on the rights of the Amish. WE need to allow them to live as they choose.

Nice seed!