Amish Numbers Increasing

American VoicesLocal ISSUE 46•37 Sep 16, 2010

According to an annual survey by Elizabethtown College, the Amish population in North America has increased by 5 percent over the past year. What do you think?

  • “Those people better not try to force their ways on the rest of us. I'll shoot a man who comes for my zippers." ”

    Ryan Cashin –
    Goods Layer

  • “You mean the people who make my jam also have sex? Gross." ”

    Joey Moore –
    Floor Inspector

  • “When you own a family business that makes decorative rakes, that's the last news you want to hear."”

    Carol Hildebrandt –
    Business Owner

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