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Make English Our Official Language(Tell Your Senator to vote YES on the Inhofe amendment!)
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| Apr 4, 2006
| Phyllis Schlafly/Eagle Forum
Posted on 04/05/2006 9:55:08 AM PDT by jla
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posted on
04/05/2006 9:55:09 AM PDT
by
jla
To: jla
My Senators are Kennedy and Kerry.I wonder if a call from me might sway them!
To: jla
They should also make it illegal to have English/Spanish bilinguality as a consideration in employment.
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posted on
04/05/2006 9:59:44 AM PDT
by
Mike Darancette
(In the Land of the Blind the one-eyed man is king.)
To: jla
What will this mean specifically? Will people still be able to speak in public in a language other than English? Will companies be forbidden from having their products in anything other than English? Many products now have both English and Spanish and sometimes other languages also (like VCRs and other electronics). Would all bilingual forms have to be destroyed? Or is this just a feel-good piece of legislation that will cost money and be meaningless?
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posted on
04/05/2006 10:00:15 AM PDT
by
mlc9852
To: Mike Darancette
The government needs to keep hands off of employment considerations. I can see why some companies need bilingual employees. It's none of the government's business.
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posted on
04/05/2006 10:03:07 AM PDT
by
twigs
To: mlc9852
They are free under the First Amenedment to say anything in any language. That will not change. Passing a constitutional amendment would be too difficult, and many people would be nervous about touching free speech rights.
To: proxy_user
So what exactly is the point of it? What will it accomplish?
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posted on
04/05/2006 10:05:15 AM PDT
by
mlc9852
To: jla
This kind of thing is what we expect from our elected leaders. Just standing around waiting to get re-elected just doesn't cut it anymore. Maybe we will see more of it since they may be getting indicators of their majority status on the line.
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posted on
04/05/2006 10:05:55 AM PDT
by
maxter
To: twigs
I can see why some companies need bilingual employees. Could be used as a basis to limit employment to h=Hispanics only.
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posted on
04/05/2006 10:08:26 AM PDT
by
Mike Darancette
(In the Land of the Blind the one-eyed man is king.)
To: mlc9852
It is a general statement of direction and principle, like pledging allegiance to the flag.
If you pledge allegiance, you indicate your general sentiments, but don't bind yourself to do any particular thing. You are still a free citizen, and will use your judgement on what actually constitutes a republic of laws, and what does not.
To: Mike Darancette
It could. Any law can be used badly. But any business that has Hispanics as a customer base should be able to hire bilingual speakers. Once the government has its hand in saying who employers can hire, where does it stop?
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posted on
04/05/2006 10:15:46 AM PDT
by
twigs
To: proxy_user
But we don't need a law to say the Pledge of Allegiance.
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posted on
04/05/2006 10:16:09 AM PDT
by
mlc9852
To: mlc9852
If English is the primary language of our nation then we will no longer have a need to print anything in foreign languages. Voters ballots will be in English only unless a private group or individual wants to spring for the costs.
It will become the responsibility of anyone in a courtroom to bring and pay the costs for their own translator/s if they cannot speak and understand English.
The public schools will no longer be required to have teachers who speak two or more languages. It will be the responibility of parents to see that their children speak English, not you and I.
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posted on
04/05/2006 10:17:01 AM PDT
by
B4Ranch
(Immigration Control and Border Security -The jobs George W. Bush doesn't want to do.)
To: Mike Darancette
Aren't employers free to hire whoever they think is the best employee for their needs?
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posted on
04/05/2006 10:17:02 AM PDT
by
mlc9852
To: jla
Do you think even if English as an official language law was passed it would be enforced? I would like to know the percentage of US laws that are enforced. I would also like to know this based on income level. It appears to me law enforcement is only required on the shrinking middle class.
To: jla
Since my Senators are Cornyn and Hutchinson, they better vote for it without any doubt.
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posted on
04/05/2006 10:17:26 AM PDT
by
mathluv
(Bushbot, Snowflake, Dittohead ---- Bring it on!!!)
To: B4Ranch
How would it be enforced?
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posted on
04/05/2006 10:17:53 AM PDT
by
mlc9852
To: mlc9852
Hopefully, it will mean our ballots don't need to be in Spanish.
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posted on
04/05/2006 10:18:34 AM PDT
by
mathluv
(Bushbot, Snowflake, Dittohead ---- Bring it on!!!)
To: jla
If this ammendment gets any traction, you can bet there will be massive protests...by the usual suspects.
And I use the word 'suspects' in a very literal sense.
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posted on
04/05/2006 10:19:08 AM PDT
by
Bloody Sam Roberts
(Pain is nothing. Pain is weakness leaving the body.)
To: mathluv
Well, it seems a lot of effort just to not have to print ballots in Spanish, doesn't it?
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posted on
04/05/2006 10:19:35 AM PDT
by
mlc9852
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