English Only?
As America becomes more and more 'multi-cultural' it is losing English as it's primary language. According to polls, this is worrying Americans. So Newt "The MAN" Gingrich is asking for an "English Only" Bill.
I am 100% behind this idea. If people want to become Americans, live in America, then they should know how to speak English, the language of America. There is no way ballots should be in any other language than English, there is no way children should go through American schools not knowing how to speak English and there is no way anyone should receive benefits from the Federal Gov't and not know how to speak English. If the Fed. Gov't wants to help, they should spend the money on schools to help people learn our language, not waste it on printing forms and ballots in 5 different languages.
No other country panders to non-native language speakers like America does, and it is time that it stops.
Welcome to America, learn English!
Mr Minority
(CNSNews.com) - A significant majority of Americans don't believe the federal government is doing enough to promote English as the country's preeminent language, according to a Zogby International Poll released Tuesday.
The poll comes as former House Speaker Newt Gingrich adds his voice to calls for Congress to pass a bill to make English the official language.
A bill introduced in the House last week calls for an amendment to the Constitution to make English the official language of the United States. It is currently before the House Judiciary Committee.
"Being for a program that immerses first generation immigrants in learning the English language is pro-immigrant," Gingrich said at a press conference Tuesday in Washington sponsored by ProEnglish, the group that commissioned the poll.
Without a common language, Gingrich said, "The civilization will decay and the culture will collapse."
He added that "bilingual education has been a disaster." Funds already allocated for bilingual teaching should instead be used to teach students English.
Gingrich called for English-only ballots and government documents.
I am 100% behind this idea. If people want to become Americans, live in America, then they should know how to speak English, the language of America. There is no way ballots should be in any other language than English, there is no way children should go through American schools not knowing how to speak English and there is no way anyone should receive benefits from the Federal Gov't and not know how to speak English. If the Fed. Gov't wants to help, they should spend the money on schools to help people learn our language, not waste it on printing forms and ballots in 5 different languages.
No other country panders to non-native language speakers like America does, and it is time that it stops.
Welcome to America, learn English!
Mr Minority
