Judge McCullough dissented, relying on the state's Religious Freedom Protection Act. She argued that the trial court wrongly placed the burden on the property owners, rather than the sewer authority, to show the least restrictive means of furthering the state's interest. I’ll go with that.
Amish will have more than enough land to put in a septic system that requires no electric motor.
The sewer authority just wants another paying customer and does not want a president of someone escaping hook up.
Here in Ohio if a sewer is available you are required to hook up.
We very nearly had that shoved up our a— in central Missouri...