Monday, December 15, 2008

Amish homeowners: Religion trumps building codes

TOWN OF FRANKLIN, Wis. – Daniel Borntreger's home looks like hundreds of other Wisconsin farmhouses: two-story A-frame, porch, clothes on the line.

But his home could cost him thousands of dollars in fines. Borntreger, an Amish farmer, built the house himself according to Amish tradition — but without a building permit.

Interesting confrontation between the Leviathan and Amish farmers. This isn't a freedom of religion issue - it's a freedom issue, period. Where does government get the power to tell anyone how to build their home on private property? Hint: it does not come from the Constitution.

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