Posted on 05/18/2010 9:46:33 AM PDT by conservativegramma
Arizona did it again! Fresh from signing a law that reinforces a federal law giving police the right to ask a person stopped by police for an unrelated matter to produce papers proving the right to be legally in the US, followed by a law banning schools from teaching minority/ethnic studies courses advocating separatism, group superiority and subversion of this country, Arizona Governor Jan Brewer (R) signed
legislation affirming that nothing in state law requires businesses to provide "trained and competent" interpreters when a customer comes in speaking a language other than English. Assistant Attorney General Michael Walker said that has probably always been the law.
If it was always the law, why the need for this law? Because of a lawsuit of course. A unilingual Spanish speaking woman in Arizona was treated by a unilingual English speaking optometrist in his Arizona office. The woman's underage 12 year old daughter offered to be the interpreter; fearing legal, insurance and medical problems if the child misunderstood the optometrist refused, asking the mother and child to return with an English speaker over 18 or alternatively, visit some Spanish speaking optometrists. Instead, the Spanish speaker, whether legally in this country or not, understood enough of this country to file a discrimination suit against the English speaking optometrist. Refusing to settle, the optometrist finally won after the Arizona Attorney General took a year to decide no laws had been broken.
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So, one never knew what implications would come out of the Gadsen Purchase.
The Republican Party: Only the women have balls.
Arizona...you rock!!!
Come on down!!
We are trying to get America back from the communists. We need all the help we can get. On the other hand, your state probably needs your help, too. Either way, thanks.
Screw Texas, don’t mess with Arizona Baby !!
Will McCain stop doing his Spanish Speaking campaign ads? Or did he stop doing those now that he’s for closing the border /sarc
...maybe they should teach Austrian there.
My brother lives in Phoenix. May have to go squat on his doorstep. LOL.
The Republican Party needs a few good men....Will some of you please step foward to save the country?
God bless AZ!!!
I’m loving Arizona more and more - you go Gov. Brewer!!
I’m starting to love AZ.
“...the optometrist finally won after the Arizona Attorney General took a year to decide no laws had been broken.”
Curious: Wondering if it took Gov. Brewer’s signature at the bottom of bill 1070 to give the AG some fortitude to make the decision? The timing would make me think so.
In the realm of business, no one should be force to provide translators etc. Most businesses on their own are willing to spend money on Spanish advertisements, because they know it will possibly give them access to Latino dollars. But the government demanded such and such from a business is outrageous. As far as the government providing services in many many languages (not only Spanish) ie; interpreters in court. I have no problem with that. But having voter registration and voter information in all kinds of languages other than English is ridiculous. If you can’t speak English, you shouldn’t be able to vote in this country.
What?...Imagine that?....No more press 1 for English- Press 2 for Spanish- Press three for French-Press 4 for German- press 5 for Chinese- Press 6 for Arabic-Press 7 for Farsi....etc.?
The headline is a little misleading, but the fact that this lawsuit wasn’t laughed out of court tells you something.
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