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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.
Noteworthy Nibbles — Sept. 1-8, 2009
Even though Memorial Day seemed like yesterday, Labor Day's already crept up on us. If you don't have major travel plans for the long weekend, celebrate Summer's last hurrah with a gaggle of glorious food festivals, big and small.
Enjoy potjie, a three-legged South African cooking pot, in Texas, butterbeans in Alabama, and hamburgers in Pennsylvania.
Love It or Hate It: Peaches Geldof's Double Plaits
A far cry from Amish, Peaches Geldof was spotted leaving a Sainsbury's after picking up some groceries. She was wearing a rather conservative lace collared dress with her hair styled in two Princess Leia-inspired plaits and dyed a goth-like plum reminiscent of Cheryl Cole and Rumer Willis. We've already been able to tell that Peaches has hair extensions, and I think they look nice, but these milkmaid plaits make her look like a fish out of water.
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.
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