English-Only and English as Official Language Bills Gain Momentum (Representatives, Congress, Indiana)

[All American NYC]

State legislators in Indiana and Minnesota are pushing laws requiring public documents and other government business in those states to be done only in English

Indiana state House representatives voted 63 to 26 last week to require all business to be conducted in English.

Official English advocates say they feel the momentum is on their side this year, with many Republicans who support the measure having won in the November elections and in a position to move the issue forward.
“No doubt about it,” said Tim Schultz, director of government relations for U.S. English, the Washington D. C. group that leads national lobbying efforts for Official English laws.

Schultz said action on Official English language bills should come soon in Congress, as well. He said U.S. English has worked with Rep. Steve King, the Iowa Republican who is vice chairman of the House Subcommittee on Immigration Policy and Enforcement, on a bill that he says is likely to be introduced in the next few weeks.

I don't understand why if anyone would be against English as an official language. The majority of the country speaks its.
Its American culture.

I hope this passes

[gallowsCalibrator]

I think it would be in the favour of most to have real English return to America.

[txgolfer130]

I hope it fails. Most people in America can't even speak correct English.

[All American NYC]

Who are most?

[geofra]

The official language should be Textlish. The English language as we know it is becoming archaic.

[gallowsCalibrator]

Originally Posted by geofra

The official language should be Textlish. The English language as we know it is becoming archaic.

Not to mention how they've buggered it up. It's right rubbish nowadays.

[e2ksj3]

Who cares, they have always conducted in English so why is it an issue now?

Why am I not surprised that Republicans are again wasting taxpayer's time and money on these "cultural" bills instead of trying to focus on jobs. I don't know why the American public is so gullible and always manage to re-elect these idiots.

[Sunny-Days-in-Florida]

It is about time.



We can finally get rid of all of those other languages on my signs, roads, phones, groceries, electronics etc.

[All American NYC]

Originally Posted by e2ksj3

Who cares, they have always conducted in English so why is it an issue now?

Why am I not surprised that Republicans are again wasting taxpayer's time and money on these "cultural" bills instead of trying to focus on jobs. I don't know why the American public is so gullible and always manage to re-elect these idiots.

Believe me its needed

[geofra]

Originally Posted by Sunny-Days90

It is about time.



We can finally get rid of all of those other languages on my signs, roads, phones, groceries, electronics etc.

It's only being considered for official documents. I imagine private industry can be as multilingual as they want.