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Spanish pledge of allegiance causes uproar (New Mexico)
koat.com ^ | 8-16-12 | KOAT (ABC)

Posted on 08/16/2012 5:29:10 PM PDT by dynachrome

CORRALES, N.M. - A controversy emerged Tuesday night at the Corrales Village council meeting when the audience was asked to say the pledge of allegiance in Spanish.

The words in Spanish on a projector didn't help, and even after the mayor explained that it's a village tradition, the crowd defiantly said the pledge in English.

Corrales Mayor Phil Gasteyer said the incident was disrespectful, unfortunate and embarrassing.

"There was some disrespect shown to the village and its residents," Gasteyer said.

The mayor said he's never had a crowd challenge the Spanish language before.

He said it could have something to do with who was in the crowd, because many attended to voice their opposition to an open carry gun ban.

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TOPICS: Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: New Mexico
KEYWORDS: aztlan; bang; corralesvillage; english; illegals; newmexico; pledge; reconquista
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This town is not part of America anymore.
1 posted on 08/16/2012 5:29:18 PM PDT by dynachrome
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To: dynachrome
the crowd defiantly said the pledge in English.

hey CONGRESS are you paying attention?

2 posted on 08/16/2012 5:34:15 PM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: dynachrome

He said it could have something to do with who was in the crowd, because many attended to voice their opposition to an open carry gun ban.

Ahah, more “Code Words”.


3 posted on 08/16/2012 5:34:41 PM PDT by tet68 ( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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To: dynachrome

It was disrespectful to ask Americans to say the Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish/

They need a new Mayor.


4 posted on 08/16/2012 5:38:04 PM PDT by Venturer
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To: Venturer

I would guess that most of the time, the people at the meetings don’t consider themselves Americans. Hispanics,mexicans, etc., maybe


5 posted on 08/16/2012 5:39:43 PM PDT by dynachrome ("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
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To: dynachrome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrales,_New_Mexico


6 posted on 08/16/2012 5:40:37 PM PDT by Jack Hydrazine (It's the end of the world as we know it and I feel fine!)
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To: dynachrome

This mayor needs to be gotten rid of.

Him and all who agree with him.

There’s nothing wrong with knowing other languages. I know several........But for everyday stuff, and all else, English only in America.

I see no reason to press one for English and refuse to do business with businesses who cater to illegal aliens in this manner.


7 posted on 08/16/2012 5:43:09 PM PDT by Emperor Palpatine (Tosca, mi fai dimenticare Iddio!!!!!)
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To: Jack Hydrazine

“As of the census[3] of 2000
Hispanic or Latino of any race were 25.55% of the population.”

And 12 years later?


8 posted on 08/16/2012 5:44:06 PM PDT by dynachrome ("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
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To: dynachrome

Not that I approve but you have to remember that Spanish and English are both official languages of New Mexico per its constitution.


9 posted on 08/16/2012 5:45:11 PM PDT by tiki
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They only want to honor 300 years of history? How about whoever lived there before the Spanish speaking people? They are disrespecting those people, some of whose descendants are living there today.

http://www.aaanativearts.com/tribes-by-states/new_mexico_tribes.htm

If these clowns want to be “inclusive,” and “historic” they have some work to do. The Sandia people lived there about 25,000 BC. I wonder what language they would say our Pledge of Allegiance in? ;-)


10 posted on 08/16/2012 5:46:45 PM PDT by Right Wing Assault (Dick Obama is more inexperienced now than he was before he was elected.)
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To: tiki

I’m sorry to hear that. It divides the state and divides countries when you have more than one official language.


11 posted on 08/16/2012 5:47:46 PM PDT by dynachrome ("Our forefathers didn't bury their guns. They buried those that tried to take them.")
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To: tiki
Not that I approve but you have to remember that Spanish and English are both official languages of New Mexico per its constitution.

Indeed; what is more disconcerting is the open carry ban enacted [or planned to be enacted] by the city.

The New Mexico State Constitution clearly prevents such a thing; Art II, Sec 6, sentence 2:
No county or municipality shall regulate, in any way, an incident of the right to keep and bear arms.

12 posted on 08/16/2012 5:52:03 PM PDT by OneWingedShark (Q: Why am I here? A: To do Justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with my God.)
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To: dynachrome

A subtle hint, Mayor. People have had enough.


14 posted on 08/16/2012 5:58:48 PM PDT by YHAOS (you betcha!)
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I say drive all of those bastards back over the border. If they are illegal aliens, they don’t belong here so throw them out. If the are legal here but feel that what way, throw them out also. All of them are probably sucking up U.S. largesse anyway.
The gloves are off. I am fed up with these opportunistic lay abouts.


15 posted on 08/16/2012 6:02:12 PM PDT by AlphaOneAlpha
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They’re opportunistic layabouts because they speak Spanish, in a border area where Spanish has pretty much always been spoken, alongside English? This isn’t an issue of immigrants refusing to learn English - this is an issue of people living in an area with a long tradition of Spanish. Nearly 50 percent of people in NM speak Spanish (far more than any other state), and thay is even more true in certain parts of the state. Hell, New Mexico even has its own separate Spanish dialect.


16 posted on 08/16/2012 6:13:25 PM PDT by Conscience of a Conservative
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To: dynachrome
"This town is not part of America anymore."

Well, that may be the way that mayor thinks, but it sure as hell isn't the way American's think - and Americans sure as shootin' aren't going to give it over to Mexico.

17 posted on 08/16/2012 6:20:51 PM PDT by Ron C.
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To: dynachrome
I think this article will explain it:

Firearms Restrictions Plan Fails in Corrales (NM)

The meeting was attended by about 30 Second Amendment supporters who were vocal in their opposition to the proposed gun ban and apparently to the Pledge being recited in Spanish, also. Good for them!!

18 posted on 08/16/2012 6:26:38 PM PDT by CedarDave (Palin/Ryan -- both should have been at the top of the ticket and not play second fiddle to GOPe)
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To: Conscience of a Conservative
Well, I grew up in NM and Corrales is nowhere near the border - it's a suburb NORTH of Albuquerque. Furthermore, that town was founded by American farmers.

I went to that town often to buy apple cider... and today racially the town is roughly 80 percent white American, 20 percent Hispanic.

So this isn't a town that even comes close to being a town where 'Spanish' is predominant - and never has been that I've seen since my first visit there in the late 40's.

19 posted on 08/16/2012 6:38:33 PM PDT by Ron C.
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To: dynachrome
talk about through the looking glass...
20 posted on 08/16/2012 6:43:23 PM PDT by Chode (American Hedonist - *DTOM* -ww- NO Pity for the LAZY)
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