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March 4, 2004
Amish TV show runs into trouble
And two senators from Pennsylvania - which has America's best-known Amish community - wrote to complain.
"We know of no other reality series that singles out the beliefs and practices of a specific group of people as a subject for humour," the letter from Senators Arlen Spector and Rick Santorum said.
"For almost three centuries, the Amish have lived the way they do out of piety and conviction, not out of ignorance. If, by producing this show, you fail to respect that, you will be opening yourselves to charges of bigotry."
BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Amish TV show runs into trouble
Posted by thdyck on March 4, 2004
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