You'll need backup.
Out of your list, Madame Manners, the lights on buggies (hey, what about a kerosene or other non-electric means?) and the licenses for hunting and fishing on public land are probably the only things I'd take issue with. If they hunt/fish on their own farm or property, then I don't even have a problem with that. The "crime is covered up" happens in any "bad" neighborhood where widespread gang membership is encountered. That should be handled in the same way as any other location where the locals won't talk to the police. That's another separate issue.
It is not the following of a strict religion that I object to. It is that there is a growing number of immigrants that not only do not wish to assimilate, but who actively demand concessions from the rest of us to accommodate their minority culture, and in turn reject the tenants of the American institutions of Law.
If a Muslim wishes to practice a strict form of Islam, he is welcome. As is his Jewish, Buddhist, Christian, Shaminist, Voodoo, or whatever counterpart, as long as that practice doesn't impose on the rights of those around him or directly contradict SECULAR law (this prevents Virgin Sacrifice, for example, even if it's a tenant of their religion. I'd make an exception for sacrificing RommieSG, but just that once). So, if he doesn't want his wife to show her face, then he has to accept that she can't get a driver's licence (a PRIVELAGE, driving is not a right!). The USA has a Christian tradition, but it's law is not inherently Christian. It is Secular.
Note that this cuts both ways. If someone wants to put a Nativity scene in front of their house, they have the Right to do so. And others have the Right not to look at it (as opposed to saying they can't have it in the first place). "Freedom" implies a responsibility to exercise one's rights in both positive and negative ways.
Sadly, we can't legislate common sense (evidence trying to make rules regarding Messy and Sarek, for example).
-SB
