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Ten Amish men from a conservative Kentucky sect known as Swartzentruber were jailed after they refused to put reflectors on their buggies.
NYDN Rss NEWS WIRE SERVICES 2012
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The men belong to a conservative breakaway group of Amish known as Swartzentruber.
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The men belong to a conservative breakaway group known as Swartzentruber.
NYDN Rss NEWS WIRE SERVICES 2012
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The men belong to a conservative breakaway group of Amish known as Swartzentruber.
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The group hail from the stricter Old Order Swartzentruber sect and objected to the bright triangles on modesty grounds, saying they were barred from wearing or displaying anything bright or colourful.
Amish jailed by Kentucky judge over warning triangle fine non-payment 2011
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Many Amish in Graves County are members of the Swartzentruber community, a sect that shuns modern conveniences, like appliances and electric lighting.
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They are part of the strict Swartzentruber sect and say requirements for smoke alarms and engineer-approved designs violate their religious tenet to oppose modernization.
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The men belong to the ultraconservative Old Order Swartzentruber Amish sect in western Kentucky.
FOXNews.com 2011
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Many Amish use the triangles with little objection, but Swartzentruber is a breakaway order that follows even stricter rules on modesty, humility and behaviour than other Amish.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2012
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The buggy did not have a reflective triangle, though the family was not a part of the Swartzentruber order.
Telegraph.co.uk - Telegraph online, Daily Telegraph and Sunday Telegraph Telegraph Staff 2012
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