Come 2008, the United States of America will have it’s presidential elections and it will a titanic battle once more against the liberal Democrats and conservative Republicans.
Watching the process in picking a candidate that will carry the banner either for the Republicans and Democrats, a debate was organized by CNN and in those debates, one question attracted my attention.
“Are you in favor of adopting English as the official language of America?” Now, I was intrigued right away because I thought that English was the official language of America. As the presidential wannabes answered the query, it was revealed that English is not the official language of America.
English is the national language of America but it is not the official language. Making English the official language requires an act of the American congress and such also requires the usual presidential approval.
Surprisingly, Democrats and Republicans are not in favor of having English adopted as their official language because such an adoption would alienate the Spanish-speaking citizens of southern states and could further marginalize the Native – Americans (who live far longer in the American soil than the immigrants from Europe).
An official language status will dictate that the US will no longer utilize and print information in other language other than English, this is of course unfair to the American – Indians, Asian – Americans and even to the American – Latinos.
Democrats and Republican candidates are for the maintenance of the status quo. Have English as a national language but not as an official language.
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