Should Congress pass an Amendment to make English the official language?How many people would....?
539375
There Are TWO Bills Being Pushed RIGHT NOW \nThat Are Taking Priority\n\nOne Is To make English the official language Of The USA\n\nThe Other Is To Make It A FELONY \nTo BURN(Defiance)Or DEFACE The American Flag On US Territory\n\nThe Bills Went To The Senate AND Congress \nIn The Past Few (3) Days\n\nI Support BOTH Motions
906419
Since it's quite obvious that English is not your native language, and that you've never even seen the Constitution, may I ask how you've heard of this document?  Did you read about it on the back of your Kid's Meal bag?
523252
ENGLISHING NOT YOUR STRONG POINT?!\nfeed the congress to the homeless
519375
English was the official language until the Clinton administration changed things. Now that we are dividing our language, our culture, and our borders we are losing what it means to be a united nation. We need to make English the official language again, or we will continue to be divided and eventually we will lose our strength.
143355
All Ballots in the United States need to be in English only, I think that if you cannot speak English then you should not be allowed to vote in U.S. Elections\n\nAnd I do not wanna hear any crap on how it is racist or discrimination to deny voting rights to persons who cannot speak English because guess what in this or that Country the Ballots are in the main language of their Country and such Countries expect a voter to know the language that is on the Ballot.\n\nIf you wanna live in America, be an American and have the right to vote then you should learn to speak English, and if you wanna speak Spanish then move to Mexico.
748919
I agree..... everyone who lives in this country should learn to speak ENGLISH.
488572
Yes, by making English our official language, it will speed up assimilation of the immigrants who at this time are being pandered to and enabled and encouraged to NOT learn English by having so many official documents in other languages.\n\nThe other day I got my food handlers permit.  The test was in English, Spanish, Phillipino, Chinese, Korean, Russian, Ukraine, Thai, and one or two of the languages of India. The Koreans at my table were HELPING each other with their tests.  The three Anglos, me included, worked on our tests ALONE.\n\nEnglish should be an official and common language.
857024
Oh yeah, That would be cool, all the english speaking people in one big area of the United Staetes and all the spanish in another small area, then all the other foreign speaking take up their own little areas.  Since all major corporations that run this country are english speaking.  There would be no problem. Since english speaking would take up so much room, we could suffocate the others right out of this country.  Good ideology.
99350
I propose we change the version of english spoken in the US, and call it American. Being that we are a bigger and meaner country than England, we can bully them and say we speak proper english, but truth be told, English is from England.
822179
No, they would all have to go back to school and learn it.  Let American english be the official language.
628486
i think this should be required as part as their citizenship requirements. this country was founded on english beleifes and the constitution is written in english so why not.
258815
Well it sounds great with 1907 standards, one nation one language this all good; as long as it does not keep going into one religion, one leader, one race, just like it did in Germany under Hitler just a few decades after Teddy said these things. I have no doubt, if he was alive today he would tweak his idea and rhetoric according to what happened in the last 100 years. I am not Hispanic but I know that Spanish was spoken in parts of US way before English was adopted as an official language (just a few votes ahead of German and Dutch by the way), are you going to kick them out because they have been speaking Spanish since before the US was founded?
496026
Yes,use your imagination JUST_,I would vote for this if it were to follow the original constitution.There is a lot of"MEN" who would support having this come to fruition.We have a country that rejects its men,allows illegals to come in to any state,allows women to kill their unborn children,who would be living breathing people if they didn`t and allow people who are not citizens to acquire disability who can not speak English.Something that a six week night course could cure.The list could go on for hours but In the correct form I WOULD do what you ask. GOOD QUESTION!
66751
Nope. Never has, although there have been attempts in the past to make English the official language.
1120219
Spanish shouldn't be America's national language but neither should English. The US has survived for over 200 years with a national language. We don't need one now.
924916
As long as they're legal I don't care.  It's the illegal ones that I have a problem with.  And English "is" our National language.  And no, Native Americans are not our ancestors.  The majority of Americans are of European descent.  That's why we speak English.  No, it has nothing to do with culture diversity.  It has to do with intelligence.  The morons who think it's better to have multiple languages are that, morons.  How many teachers are we going to hire to teach all these languages?  How many interpreters do we have to hire because not everyone is going to know "all" the languages.  I took French in high school.  Why?  Because I wanted to.  Did I "need" to?  No.  Do I speak it now?  No.  You want to live in the United States, learn English. I was in the military and went to Germany.  Guess what?   I learned German.  At least enough to get by.  I didn't force them to learn English.  When in Rome, do as the Romans do.  Nuff said.
939859
No, it doesnt matter if an illegal alien invented English, he/she needs to get their booty home, stay there, and go through proper procedures to enter USA. Until they do that, they will always be a tresspasser, a law breaker (a criminal) to the USA. We have lost all tolerance for ILLEGAL aliens. No one FORCES anyone to learn English, by the way, but an immigrant should, so they can communicate with their fellow citizens, and be productive, not insist that an entire nation appease them by us learning their foreign language. We are an English speaking nation, we don't speak asian, spanish, or Hindu, you got that yet? It isn't very difficult to understand, if youre an illegal, youre an illegal.