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Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
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Wisconsin v. Yoder (1972)
Respondents' Evidence
Respondents'
Evidence
-Education until eighth grade is only supported by the Amish community, as basic skills are required in order to read the Bible and interact with non-Amish people.
-Requiring secondary education interferes with the crucial Amish teachings of family and community life that are to be established during adolescence.
-School participation may also subject the students to isolation from the community.
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Respondents' Evidence
-The Amish community provides informal education for their children past eighth grade that is appropriate for life in the Amish community
-The respondents believed that public education past eighth grade supported values contrary to their lifestyle and religious beliefs and would jeopardize their salvation.
Case Origins
Respondents' Evidence
Jonas Yoder, Wallace Miller, and Adin Yutzy were prosecuted in 1972 for violating a Wisconsin law requiring all students to stay in school until the age of 16.
-Religious scholars gave convincing arguments describing the history of the Amish religion and the negative effect mandatory high school education could have on its continuance.
-The values taught in high school (i.e. intellectual progress, scientific success) contradict the Amish values, which generally reject intellect, competition, and incorporation into society.
Defendant's Argument
Yoder, Miller, and Yutzy argued that this law violated their religious practice (Old Order Amish/ Conservative Amish Mennonite) that children not attend school beyond 8th grade, therefore violating the First and Fourteenth Amendments.
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