The Amish need various carve-outs from state and federal laws which partially exempt them from compulsory education and certain labour laws. But I suppose in a

The Amish need various carve-outs from state and federal laws which partially exempt them from compulsory education and certain labour laws. But I suppose in a sense, that doesn't make them outlandish. They got those exemptions partly because they were a well liked group that were around in the US long before those laws. So in that sense, they are actually more American than, say, the New Deal. As for burqas, I don't see what they have to do with attracting converts, nor do I see what is wrong with recruitment. Nor can I think of any justification for a burqa ban that is remotely as strong the justification for the laws which the Amish are exempted from.