Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/5/84; site ssc-vax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxb!mhuxn!mhuxm!mhuxj!houxm!vax135!cornell!uw-beaver!ssc-vax!esco From: esco@ssc-vax.UUCP (Michael Esco) Newsgroups: net.politics Subject: Re: Official Language Of USA Message-ID: <411@ssc-vax.UUCP> Date: Tue, 12-Feb-85 21:24:46 EST Article-I.D.: ssc-vax.411 Posted: Tue Feb 12 21:24:46 1985 Date-Received: Thu, 14-Feb-85 02:24:45 EST References: <168@nybcb.UUCP> Organization: Boeing Aerospace Co., Seattle, WA Lines: 19 > > 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