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Making English our Official Language


humbleInfidelApr 14, 10:45pm
The House General Government and Transportation Committees recently passed an important measure that would make English the official language of the State of Oklahoma. SB 163 is authored by Representative Randy Terrill (Moore), with the assistance of Representative George Faught (Muskogee), who proposed a similar measure last year.



There was strong debate over the bill; it passed in the committee by a vote of 11 to 5.



It is important to note that this proposal doesn't mean people can't learn or speak other languages; it simply means the official business of state government would have to be conducted in the English language.



The bill proposes to prevent the taxpayers from having to pay for services such as driver's license tests in other languages. The argument is that if a person is unable to comprehend driver's license tests, he/she probably poses a safety concern because he/she will be challenged to understand street signs, instructions from English-speaking police, etc. The passage of this bill would also allow taxpayers to avoid the cost of publishing state documents in other languages, or providing services in multiple languages by using translators.



The issue became of added importance after a recent complaint was filed against the Department of Public Safety. The complaint was filed with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration and alleges that the department did not offer a graphics driver's test to individuals whose native language was Farsi.



Approximately thirty other states have already taken similar steps to ensure that English is the official language.



Hopefully the passage of the bill will in some small way address the problem facing our society of the large number of people coming to the United States to access our prosperity, some of whom obviously having no intention of adapting to our culture or learning the English language.



Even though the bill purports to make exceptions for Native American languages, the bill is opposed by Native American groups. I think it is unfortunate, however, that the bill makes an exception for these languages, because I do not feel that the taxpayers should ever be saddled with paying for the cost associated with printing materials in any language other than English.



When Senate Bill 163 is sent to the full House, I will be sure to vote for it.



If the bill is approved by both the House and the Senate, the voters will have the final say on this issue, because it is a constitutional amendment. All constitutional amendments must be approved by the people; your opportunity to vote on the proposal would be in November of this year.



If you would like to provide your feedback on this matter, please feel free to visit www. housedistrict31. com and complete my 2008 Constituent Survey. I am asking House District 31 constituents to weigh in on this and a number of other issues. According to the most recent tally, 91% of respondents are in favor of making English our official language. (Oklahoma House)

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fire75034Apr 15, 9:12pm
You would think that English is the official language since it is the International language.

But no.... we have to have a technical war over the obvious.

humbleInfidelApr 15, 10:07pm
You know, I expect this kind of crap from muslims and there is that portion that was at a house hearing on this several weeks ago. Theirs was just the same old tired rant "discrimination". But to my surprise the most angry were some of the Indian Tribal spokesmen. There is absolutely no restriction on learning and using their language, so I'm not sure what is up with that. I'm indian and I thought that was stupid of them to throw the fits they did. There is absolutely no harm nor hindrance to their heritage language.

I even had an Indian at the state house that day tell me that I'm a traitor because no Indian could be a Republican. My reply was... What the hell is your problem?

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fire75034Apr 16, 4:51am
Just goes to prove once again the Democratic victim mentality. The racial rift they have to rely on to keep them from making simple sense and getting along with the rest of the world.

lyrebirdApr 19, 10:38am
I used to live next to Belgium; they are known for having two languages: Flemish ("Dutch") and Wallonian ("French").

There are economic difference between the Flemish-speaking Belgians and the French-speaking Belgians: the latter are economically supported by the former.

It should therefore be no surprise that they hate each other (except when the Belgian National soccer team plays, because both groups supply players).

Is this what we want in the US?
normieApr 19, 5:25pm
Well we already have that in all the Little mexicos, Chinatowns, Ect, Ect, Ect, And their law set up inside their little communities throughout any large city in this nation which in turn we Bend Break and create laws to specially serve them.... It's Been happening here for 7 decades now. It's just that the american people are so Drunk on their freedoms that they have thrown away their Morals.

lyrebirdApr 20, 10:54am
" It's just that the american people are so Drunk on their freedoms that they have thrown away their Morals."

That is an interesting statement. I keep that one in mind.

wildcatkcApr 26, 7:34am
I'm so tired of people tippy toeing around everything...when I was a kitchen manager I refused to hire anyone who didn't speak English(most who applied did not). The people that were already working I told to learn English already and quit talking to me in Spanish! One guy lived here for 20 YEARS and still did not speak English. I gave him my son's leapfrog so he could learn. They actually started a program(Brinker Int.) to help the Spanish speakers learn English(which in turn reduced my bonuses over 50%)


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