Re: CHAT: "La Bandera Estrellada"
| From: | Thomas R. Wier <artabanos@...> |
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| Date: | Saturday, August 5, 2000, 0:35 |
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Danny Wier wrote:
> To put an English Only law into effect in Texas is like banning turkey
> on Thanksgiving. Texas has always been inherently multilingual (not
> just Spanish and English, but German and French as well), so such a law
> would stick in the craw of a lot of Texans of all political
> persuasions.
I didn't say it was ideologically motivated -- indeed, quite the opposite.
Since, as I said, most "issues" are the results of social interactions, Texas
politicians not supporting an English-only law would only be a natural
political result -- they'd be unelectable if they tried.
> Besides the US Supreme Court ruled such laws
> unconstitutional.
Presumably having it in a state's consitutition would be proof against
tampering by the Supreme Court, but I haven't read many of the relevant
cases recently.
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Tom Wier | "Cogito ergo sum, sed credo ergo ero."
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