Anyone former Amish or date/marry someone who was Amish?
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Anonymous
| How did you meet and do you still speak to your families? |
Anonymous
| How would that even happen? |
Anonymous
| They are allowed to leave when they become 19?, to see what life is like outside. It is up to them to return. I think most return and those who do not are shunned. |
Anonymous
| I know several people who were raised Amish but are now liberal (i.e. not plain-dressing) Mennonites. |
Anonymous
| Floyd Landis, former cycling star/doper, grew up in a Mennoite community. |
Anonymous
True, although Mennonites and Amish aren't as similar as many people think. Mennonites don't shun. |
Anonymous
Not all Amish do that. The most conservative Amish (Ohio) would look at the more liberal communities (like those in Lancaster County PA) and not even see them as Amish. There is as much difference between Ohio Amish and PA Amish as there is between PA Amish and you. |
Anonymous
Liberal Amish 
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Anonymous
| There is a new show coming next week to TLC called Breaking Amish. I think Nat Geo is still running there version called Amish Out of Order or something of that nature. I think the TLC is more on Rumspringa (not 100% on spelling) in NYC. |
Anonymous
| Not OP but.....come on, I know someone here must have gotten jiggy in the barn with an amish hunk - spill! |
Anonymous
| Didn't Harrison Ford date an Amish chick? |
Anonymous
Mennonites live in the modern world with modern conveniences and are not comparable to the Amish. There are many Mennonites in Ohio and Indiana; I went to college in Indiana with several. |
Anonymous
There's a Mennonite Church along Route 410, right after PG Plaza on the way to Riversdale. |
Anonymous
| Anyone watch that show Amish in the City a few years ago? Best train wreck ever. |
Anonymous
Yeah. One of the dudes from that show is the star of Amish out of order. I'm totally obsessed with the Hutterites because of that natgeo show now. |