32 States Make English The Official Language, 18 More States To Go
Jan 25, 2018 15:01:16 #
01/25/2018 32 States Make English The Official Language. 18 More States To Go. Movement urges 'pluralistic nation' to focus on 'similarities that unite us'
Art Moore
http://www.wnd.com/2018/01/32-states-make-english-official-language/
A movement to make English the official language in all government documents and public discourse is gaining steam, with 32 states having adopted legislation or a constitutional amendment.
Michigan is the latest to introduce legislation, says a non-profit helping lead the charge, ProEnglish.
HB 4053, which has been approved by a state House committee, would require that English be the language used in all public records, although a state agency or local unit of government could print official documents in both English and another language.
Michigan state Rep. Lee Chatfield, a Republican, explained why he’s behind the bill.
“I think it’s important that we attempt to be unified in this state.
It simply puts into legislation something that’s already a reality in the state,” he said.
ProEnglish says its mission is to work through the courts and in the court of public opinion “to defend English’s historic role as America’s common, unifying language, and to persuade lawmakers to adopt English as the official language at all levels of government.”
The organization said the Michigan bill has a chance for passage in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives this year.
In Georgia, which already has an English-only statute, state Sen. Josh McKoon will again introduce a constitutional amendment to provide “that official state actions be in English” and to bar “any language other than English be used in any documents, regulations, orders, t***sactions, proceedings, meetings, programs or publications.”
The Georgia amendment also will “prohibit discrimination, penalties or other limits on participation against persons who speak only English.”
The amendment passed the Georgia state Senate in March of 2016 by a two-thirds v**e but later stalled in the Georgia House of Representatives.
Federal legislation, proposed by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa.
The English Language Unity Act of 2017, requires all official functions of the United States to be conducted in English and the establishment of a uniform language requirement for naturalization.
ProEnglish reasons that in “a pluralistic nation such as ours, the function of government should be to foster and support the similarities that unite us, rather than institutionalize the differences that divide us.”
“Our nation’s public schools have the clear responsibility to help students who don’t know English to learn that language as quickly as possible,” the group says.
“To do otherwise is to sentence the child to a lifetime of political and economic isolation. Quality teaching of English and America’s civic culture should be a part of every student’s curriculum.
The study of foreign languages, as an academic discipline, should be strongly encouraged.”
Among the objectives of ProEnglish are “to end bilingual education in favor of English language immersion programs in public schools and to repeal federal mandates for the t***slation of government documents and v****g b****ts into languages other than English.”
Opponents of English-only laws in government, such as the ACLU, contend the laws are inconsistent with the First Amendment rights to petition the government and to free speech and the right to e******y.
Because they bar government employees from providing non-English language assistance and services.
Just before leaving office, President Bill Clinton signed an executive order in August 2000 titled “Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency.”
The order required federal agencies “to examine the services they provide, identify any need for services to those with limited English proficiency (LEP), and develop and implement a system to provide those services so LEP persons can have meaningful access to them.”
States that have English-only laws are: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.
Art Moore
http://www.wnd.com/2018/01/32-states-make-english-official-language/
A movement to make English the official language in all government documents and public discourse is gaining steam, with 32 states having adopted legislation or a constitutional amendment.
Michigan is the latest to introduce legislation, says a non-profit helping lead the charge, ProEnglish.
HB 4053, which has been approved by a state House committee, would require that English be the language used in all public records, although a state agency or local unit of government could print official documents in both English and another language.
Michigan state Rep. Lee Chatfield, a Republican, explained why he’s behind the bill.
“I think it’s important that we attempt to be unified in this state.
It simply puts into legislation something that’s already a reality in the state,” he said.
ProEnglish says its mission is to work through the courts and in the court of public opinion “to defend English’s historic role as America’s common, unifying language, and to persuade lawmakers to adopt English as the official language at all levels of government.”
The organization said the Michigan bill has a chance for passage in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives this year.
In Georgia, which already has an English-only statute, state Sen. Josh McKoon will again introduce a constitutional amendment to provide “that official state actions be in English” and to bar “any language other than English be used in any documents, regulations, orders, t***sactions, proceedings, meetings, programs or publications.”
The Georgia amendment also will “prohibit discrimination, penalties or other limits on participation against persons who speak only English.”
The amendment passed the Georgia state Senate in March of 2016 by a two-thirds v**e but later stalled in the Georgia House of Representatives.
Federal legislation, proposed by Rep. Steve King, R-Iowa.
The English Language Unity Act of 2017, requires all official functions of the United States to be conducted in English and the establishment of a uniform language requirement for naturalization.
ProEnglish reasons that in “a pluralistic nation such as ours, the function of government should be to foster and support the similarities that unite us, rather than institutionalize the differences that divide us.”
“Our nation’s public schools have the clear responsibility to help students who don’t know English to learn that language as quickly as possible,” the group says.
“To do otherwise is to sentence the child to a lifetime of political and economic isolation. Quality teaching of English and America’s civic culture should be a part of every student’s curriculum.
The study of foreign languages, as an academic discipline, should be strongly encouraged.”
Among the objectives of ProEnglish are “to end bilingual education in favor of English language immersion programs in public schools and to repeal federal mandates for the t***slation of government documents and v****g b****ts into languages other than English.”
Opponents of English-only laws in government, such as the ACLU, contend the laws are inconsistent with the First Amendment rights to petition the government and to free speech and the right to e******y.
Because they bar government employees from providing non-English language assistance and services.
Just before leaving office, President Bill Clinton signed an executive order in August 2000 titled “Improving Access to Services for Persons with Limited English Proficiency.”
The order required federal agencies “to examine the services they provide, identify any need for services to those with limited English proficiency (LEP), and develop and implement a system to provide those services so LEP persons can have meaningful access to them.”
States that have English-only laws are: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Carolina, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Virginia, West Virginia and Wyoming.
Jan 25, 2018 15:11:02 #
proud republican
Loc: RED CALIFORNIA
Doc110 wrote:
01/25/2018 32 States Make English The Official Lan... (show quote)
I thought English was already official language!!!..Although im not sure California should be one of English only states since sometimes driving on the streets of LA i think im in TJ,rather then in LA!!!.....
Jan 25, 2018 15:43:03 #
proud republican wrote:
It's kinda stupid not to have an official language. California thought about it, but most of the residents prefer Spanish.I thought English was already official language!!!..Although im not sure California should be one of English only states since sometimes driving on the streets of LA i think im in TJ,rather then in LA!!!.....
Jan 25, 2018 21:47:00 #
Super Dave wrote:
It's kinda stupid not to have an official language. California thought about it, but most of the residents prefer Spanish.
Is that because most of the residents are Hispanic and can't read English?
Jan 25, 2018 21:52:19 #
PoppaGringo,
Super dave was being satirical.
Super dave was being satirical.
PoppaGringo wrote:
Is that because most of the residents are Hispanic and can't read English?
Is that because most of the residents are Hispanic and can't read English?
Jan 25, 2018 21:54:48 #
Doc110 wrote:
PoppaGringo,
Super dave was being satirical.
Super dave was being satirical.
Note to self:
They can't see me smirk if I don't enter an emoticon.
Jan 25, 2018 22:26:58 #
Doc110 wrote:
PoppaGringo,
Super dave was being satirical.
Super dave was being satirical.
As was I.
Jan 25, 2018 23:16:48 #
PoppaGringo wrote:
As was I.
Another note to self:
Other people also don't always use emotions.
Jan 25, 2018 23:18:00 #
Super Dave wrote:
Another note to self:
Other people also don't always use emotions.
Other people also don't always use emotions.
True.
Jan 26, 2018 18:08:47 #
Look at your money: "E Pluribus Unum" which means out of many - one. I.e. one people, one country
one idea of liberty etc.
Not out of many, many, many more in great confusion.
Who would want that? Who benefits by that?
one idea of liberty etc.
Not out of many, many, many more in great confusion.
Who would want that? Who benefits by that?
Jan 26, 2018 20:10:23 #
While English is, and until now always has been, the language of America and Americans. But over the past decades of unfettered massive invasion of nonassimulating foreigners, America has catered to their refusal to assimulate by printing official documents, rrports, signs, tests, etc in THEIR language and hiring interpreters fir them in legal situstions, etc. The result is just another part of the l*****t antiAmerica folks determination to destroy our America and turn it into a third world polyglot of different & separate groups each with thrir own language/customs/culture/etc. Then you have NOT A NATION, because without any cohesiveness, without commonalities, you cannot have a nation, just a land of squabbling tribes. And we've seen how well that works out 8n some other countries. A common language and commonalities are what holds a country together, what makes it a country - one people, one language, one set of laws, one way of operating, etc. This is one of the things we are losing in the progressives fight for overwhelming diversity and m**************m above all else including commonsense.
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