Are the Amish eligible to apply for US passports?
Feb 21, 2009, 2:38 pm
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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?
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?
Feb 21, 2009, 4:12 pm
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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.
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.
Feb 21, 2009, 8:09 pm
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Feb 21, 2009, 8:53 pm
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But you're not really buying the fireplace, you're buying the fine Amish woodwork, the fireplace is free.
Feb 21, 2009, 11:04 pm
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(unless he was planning to fill the waterbed with Evian, it's not really a deal)
Feb 22, 2009, 10:59 am
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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.
Feb 22, 2009, 11:36 am
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Feb 22, 2009, 11:43 am
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Yes, but the photograph is the property of the person who paid for the photograph until the person willfully surrenders the photo to another party (i.e., the passport issuing authorities in this case).
Feb 22, 2009, 11:46 am
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Feb 22, 2009, 1:50 pm
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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. ; )
Feb 22, 2009, 4:38 pm
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