Peaceful Societies | Ruth Irene Garrett

UNC Greensboro

Kentucky Government Forbids Amish Shunning by Public Businesses

April 27, 2006

A woman who left the Amish Church, and has been shunned as a result by other Amish people, has prevailed in a suit she brought against a store owner who refused to serve her. Ruth Irene Garrett claimed that Erma Troyer, an Amish woman who owns a thrift store in… Continue reading…

Does Amish Shunning Violate Civil Law?

November 10, 2005

The Kentucky Human Rights Commission is considering a case that pits civil rights law against the beliefs of the Amish that discipline in their community must be maintained through shunning, if necessary. Two years ago, Ruth Irene Garrett, who had left the Amish Church earlier and been shunned by its… Continue reading…