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August 27, 2012

Plain Dealer: Amish beard-cutting trial attracts international attention, pitting law of God vs. law of man

by James F. McCarty
The Plain Dealer

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- The law of God will collide with the law of man this week in a crowded federal courtroom in Cleveland, where 16 Amish defendants -- 10 men with full beards, six women in white bonnets -- will stand trial on charges related to a series of beard- and hair-cutting attacks against fellow Amish men and women last year.

And the world will be watching.  

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