Amish in court over buggies’ orange triangles

USA TODAY:  …The Kentucky Supreme Court is being asked to vacate the convictions of nine men ticketed under a law that requires a horse-and-buggy to have the orange slow-vehicle triangle affixed to the rear. The men, represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, maintain the issue is a matter of religious freedom, the Wall Street Journal reports.

One Amish man spent 13 days in a county jail in January for refusing to pay a fine after being ticketed under the law. The Amish sect objects to the color, which they say is too bright, and the shape, which they believe could represent the Holy Trinity…

The Amish hope that the Kentucky legislature will give them a break, finding an alternative to the orange triangle…   (more)

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