That is, if the Amish are involved. Seven men have been arrested and accused of cutting the beards of Amish men and the hair of Amish women. Hair to Amish is almost sacred; cutting it is a big deal. The cutters knew that, as they are all Amish. Violence accompanied most of the cuttings.
Apparently, the cuttings were the outcome of an internal religious dispute. In 2002 Samuel Mullett, named as the ring leader and shown below, excommunicated some followers, but the excommunication was overturned by higher-ups. Mullett was incensed,"You have your laws on the road and the town - if somebody doesn't obey them, you punish the people. But I'm not allowed to punish the church people? "I just let them run over me? If every family would do just as they pleased what kind of church would we have?"
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