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Originally Posted by Donnageddon
And I have to admit that making "English" the official language in the US is still a going concern. And one I am absolutely against. There is no doubt that English is the dominant language of the US, but I never want it made the "official" language of the US, anymore than I would ever want *any* religion made the official religion.
When that happens, the US becomes much smaller. And very insignificant.
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oh I completely dissagree. "The Official Language of a Country should be that in which its Constitution is Written." (and as far as I know that is a direct quote of me, circa 1985 in the Officers Lounge in Friedberg Germany.
without one official language, issues become incredibly unwieldly with "official and legal translations", interpreters, and so on. I worked as a paralegal for my Dad for awhile in College. he had a wrongful death case in Ireland and the hoops we had to jump through to get documents translated was hell. all the attornies and judges spoke English, but the official language of the court was Irish.
I've seen so many other situations where legally mandated translations into spanish, french, hmong, chinese, tibetan.... ahhhh! it just gets NUTS!