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From: esco@ssc-vax.UUCP (Michael Esco)
Newsgroups: net.politics
Subject: Re: Official Language Of USA
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Date: Tue, 12-Feb-85 21:24:46 EST
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Posted: Tue Feb 12 21:24:46 1985
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> 
>      I heard on the radio last week that two senators (one from California,
> the other from a midwestern state, I believe) are trying to pass a law that
> will make English the official language of the United States. All I can say
> is "It's about time." 

What ever happened to states' rights? This is an example of an issue that should
be left up to individual states to decide. In case you haven't noticed lately,
Puerto Rico is a US territory with a population greater than 50,000 which
(if I remember the Constitution correctly) gives them the right to petition
for statehood. If PR did become a state, they might prefer Spanish as the state
language.

My feeling is that the federal government should be involved in as few things
as possible. If the state of Washington decided to make Serbo-Croatian the
state language, Washington DC should have nothing to say in the matter.

						Michael Esco
						Boeing Aerospace