Posted on 04/13/2005 1:24:12 AM PDT by JohnHuang2
CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) -- Two days after the end of the legislative session, state lawmakers are discovering something few were aware of: They voted to make English the official language of West Virginia. The language amendment was quietly inserted into a bill addressing the number of members that cities can appoint to boards of parks and recreation. Among mundane details about record-keeping, the amendment adds the provision that "English shall be the official language of the State of West Virginia." Senate Majority Whip Billy Wayne Bailey successfully offered that change to House Bill 2782 amid a flurry of bills moving back and forth between the House and Senate on Saturday, the last night of the 60-day legislative session.
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English should the official government language. Language,borders and culture...it shouldn't be like the tower of babel. That's not cohesive.
Couldn't agree with you more.
Who's going to break the news to Ward Burton?
Interesting detail; Sen. Bailey is a Democrat.
Interestingly enough here in Massachussetts the legeslature has voted to make PC nonsese the official state language
West Virginia leading the way! (I don't know how to say "Go Mountaineers" in any other language anyway)
Absolutely.
Babel is what we now have.
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