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Bush Administration: Dismiss RFID ‘Mark of the Beast’ Lawsuit
David Kravets – Wired.com November 14, 2008

The Bush administration on Thursday urged a federal judge to dismiss a
lawsuit brought by a group of Amish farmers in Michigan claiming RFID
chips required on cattle "are a mark of the beast."

The Amish farmers claim (.pdf) Michigan regulations requiring them to
use radio frequency identification devices on their cattle
"constitutes some form of a 'mark of the beast' and/or represents an
infringement of their 'dominion over cattle and all living things' in
violation of their fundamental religious beliefs," according to the
farmers' lawsuit filed in September in U.S. District Court for the
District of Columbia.

In response to the charges, the United States Department of
Agriculture wrote (.pdf) Thursday that its RFID tagging program is a
voluntary measure to help agricultural officials track bovine and
other livestock diseases. The USDA said the lawsuit should be directed
at Michigan, which adopted RFID requirements last year.

The case should be dismissed, the administration wrote, "because
plaintiffs cannot establish that any rule issued or action taken by
the USDA either mandates the use of RFID tags on livestock located
within Michigan, or, conversely, prevents the Michigan Department of
Agriculture from granting appropriate religious exemptions imposed by
that department."

The farmers, however, contend the program is a USDA mandate because
the Michigan law was adapted last year as part of a multi-million
dollar, federally backed grant program to help eradicate livestock
disease.

As radio frequency identification devices become a daily part of the
electronic age, RFID technology is increasingly coming under fire for
allegedly being the mark of Satan. The technology is fast becoming a
part of passports, payment cards, locking devices and is widely
expected to replace bar-code labels on consumer goods.

The Virginia-based Farm-to-Consumer Legal Defense Fund, a 1,400-member
group, brought the case. Some of its members so staunchly oppose the
program that "they may have to quit farming," according to the
lawsuit.
http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/11/bush-administra.html Last
updated 24/11/2008

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