There can be no assumption that today’s majority is “right” and the Amish and others like them are “wrong.” A way of life that is odd or even erratic but interferes with no rights or interests of others is not to be condemned because it is different.

Warren Burger (1907–1995) American jurist, lawyer; US Supreme Court Chief Justice (1969–86)
Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 U.S. 205 (1972) [majority opinion]
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Majority opinion in 6-1 ruling that freed members of religious sects from compulsory school attendance after the 8th grade.

 
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