Well, this will never pass. It just makes too damn much sense. And if by some strange turn of events it did pass, President Obama would veto it faster than you can say, “C’est la vie.”
TheHill.com has the details:
Republicans in both the House and Senate have introduced legislation that would declare English the official language of the United States and require the development of English language testing guidelines for those applying for U.S. citizenship.
The English Language Unity Act would set out a new chapter in U.S. code that imposes an obligation on U.S. officials to “preserve and enhance the role of English as the official language of the Federal Government.”
Part of this chapter would include a “uniform English language rule” holding that “all citizens should be able to read and understand generally the English language text of the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the laws of the United States made in pursuance of the Constitution.”
Here in California, we currently produce ballots in at least eight written languages (English, Spanish, Chinese, Vietnamese, Tagalog, Japanese, Khmer and Korean) and one language (Cahuilla) that has no written form.
And we wouldn’t be surprised if Ebonics joined the list very soon.
Source: TheHill.com
