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Amish Romance Novels Find Niche on Bestseller Lists
Vampires are no longer the only ones who can't have sex in romance novels, now the Amish can — or can't — too. Dubbed "bonnet books," Amish romances are a new subgenre in the ever-multiplying species of romance novels.
The G-rated love stories always contain the most essential ingredient of any romantic page-turner — forbidden love.
Voting Bloc: How Will the Amish Vote?
With only 13 percent of eligible Amish voters casting their votes in 2004, they are not the most coveted vote. But with large populations in states like Pennsylvania and Ohio, they are not to be ignored.
Actually, they are kind of being ignored this year — unless you count Obama’s sad attempt to court the electricity-shunning group with the Amish For Obama blog — but in 2004 Bush went all out to woo them with his Southern charm.
Are Amish Girls Are Expected to Forgive Rape?
Think the Amish are gentle, peace-loving folk? Or haven't you given the faith much thought since Amish in the City? If your experience with this quiet faith stops with Witness, here's another look.
California Parents Do Not Have Right to Homeschool
This week, a California appeals court reaffirmed the state's compulsory education statute — which requires parents to send children to an accredited full-time day school, or have their children instructed at home by a credentialed tutor. The panel of three judges, rejected the notion that parents have a constitutional right to educate their children at home.
The parents in the lawsuit also argued that the state's law violated their freedom of religion.
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Flashback: Weird Al's "Amish Paradise"
Remember the Coolio song Gangsta's Paradise? I haven't seen Weird Al's spoof of it--where instead of singing about Compton he's singing about some tuff town in Pennsylvania--in a long time. The Amish are famously square, but I hear Rumspringa gets pretty wild...
Introducing: Ask Two Guys About Guys
A few months ago, I stumbled upon the awesome book Don't Be That Guy, an illustrated book that delineated the myriad types of guys no guy should be.
There are the guys who verbally encourage themselves while working out at the gym, or guys who wear sunglasses at nonprofessional poker tournaments, or guys with Amish beards who aren't Amish (my personal fave). The list goes on.
Book Bag: Kingdom of Simplicity Explores Forgiveness
They say an accident happens by chance, with no planning or deliberate intent. And people who knew my sisters would have said just that. It was an accident.
Heavy Metal Farmer
I like to think that this hottie hipster guy is really an Amish dude during Rumspringa, the "running around" time for Amish youth when they experiment with worldly pleasures in order to figure out whether or not they want to stay with the Amish way of life. In addition to possibly experimenting with alcohol, cigarettes and maybe even drugs, I imagine they listen to heavy metal. Here is what an Amish guy gone wild might sound like.
Giggle Links
- This moose is givin' the camera all he's got. — I Can Has Cheezburger
- Muppets or politicians? — eBaum's World
- Make sure your parents aren't doin' it when you prank them.
Ever Wondered Why Jehovah's Witnesses Don't Vote?
I'm not so much a sportsy-follower and admit that I didn't know that Serena Williams is a Jehovah's Witness until she started talking about Barack Obama in this Slate piece, but I'm glad she did — this is fascinating stuff. Do you know why Jehovah's Witnesses tend not to vote? Passages like John 17:14 where Jesus says of those who follow him: "They are not of the world, just as I am not of the world."
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