Are the Amish eligible to apply for US passports?
If everyone will need a US passport to travel to/from Canada, does that
DHS requirement include the Amish? Are the Amish eligible to apply for US passports? The reason I'm wondernig is that Native Americans can use their tribal ID or document in lieu of US passport... is it the same for the Amish? |
Are the Amish eligible to apply for US passports? |
Why wouldn't they be eligible?
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Do they allow themselves to be photographed? :confused:
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I just looked it up. It's against their beliefs to be photographed. They consider the photograph a graven image, and they view it as a form of vanity and the photograph itself, when viewed, is an idol.
Photography is allowed strictly for medicinal and for official purposes in which the government, and not by the amish themselves, keep the photograph. So this is a gray area. The government will issue them a passport, but they have to allow themselves to be photographed in order to have one. |
Originally Posted by mkt
(Post 11298929)
I just looked it up. It's against their beliefs to be photographed. They consider the photograph a graven image, and they view it as a form of vanity and the photograph itself, when viewed, is an idol.
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Originally Posted by ralfp
(Post 11299627)
So you're telling me the people in the ads for those Revolutionary Amish Electric Fireplaces aren't really Amish. :eek:
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Originally Posted by SDF_Traveler
(Post 11299784)
;) But you're not really buying the fireplace, you're buying the fine Amish woodwork, the fireplace is free. :eek:
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Originally Posted by Roy2CDG
(Post 11298612)
The reason I'm wondernig is that Native Americans can use their tribal ID or document in lieu of US passport... is it the same for the Amish?
Unlike the Native Americans (who were here before the rest of us, had functioning governments with whom the USA made treaties, etc.) the Amish are not a sovereign group and so don't have a 'tribal id'. They're just plain old American citizens. |
Originally Posted by mkt
(Post 11298929)
Photography is allowed strictly for medicinal and for official purposes in which the government, and not by the amish themselves, keep the photograph.
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Originally Posted by kochleffel
(Post 11301858)
Just to be clear, there is a statement in the U.S. passport that it is the property of the United States government.
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Originally Posted by BStrauss3
(Post 11301711)
Unlike the Native Americans (who were here before the rest of us ......
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You cant have it both ways. Anyone remember that Muslim woman who wanted to get her drivers license photo taken while wearing a face covering?
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Interesting question. My guess is they can, but if it goes against their beliefs they either have to adapt or go without a passport. Most people will adapt. ; )
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WWPS: What Would PETA Say?
Originally Posted by Roy2CDG
(Post 11298612)
If everyone will need a US passport to travel to/from Canada, does that include the Amish?
Seems they object to the overflights of those horse drawn 747s. . . :D |
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