Interesting link there, McGrath. I never went through it but my oldest brother was 'shunned' at one point in the Amish church. I remember one meal at home that he ate by himself because shunning required the offending person to remain separate (No communal 'breaking of bread', for instance); that included how families were expected to treat the person. After that meal my mother rebelled and he was welcomed back into the family, if not the fold.

I have/had lots of relatives who practiced it religiously (no pun intended).

I would be willing to reinstate it for the president and his cohorts - they say it's a very lonesome way to go.