ENGLISH ONLY IN AMERICA: CASE FOR A ONE LANGUAGE NATION
E Pluribus Unum = “Out Of Many, Oneâ€
Origin of the motto carried by the Eagle on the U.S. Great Seal
UNITIY IN DIVERSITY
In his book, Forward To Freedom, Jerry H. Combee points out that America has been a melting pot, blending our differences and making us all Americans. But in some ways we’re like a salad bowl–tossed together but retaining our dientity: Christians and Jews…blacks and whites…English and Spanish…. At every level of life, when Americans join together in common tasks, they act as one and many. So has it been in government, thanks to federalism–one and many. We’re all Americans. But because of federalism, we are also New Yorkers, Californians, Texans, Georgians, Virginians. We have unity in diversity and diversity in unity–unity, yes, but without uniformity.
UNITY FIRST–DIVERSITY SECOND
The United States is a single nation made up of fifty sovereign states. The many states created the single nation. Principle: unity in diversity—E PLUBIBUS UNUM: out of many—one. The stability of all these governments is dependant upon the self-governed person under God’s government. Unity is one race; diversity is different people groups having a variety of skin tones and physical characteristics as well as gender differences—male and female.
UNIVERSITY
The term “university†comes from two words: unity + diversity. Unity is foundational knowledge based upon truth. Unity America is based upon our nation be united as one nation under God with one language and one basis of law. Unity is one language; diversity is different language groups learning and speaking the English language in the United States. Unity is a Judeo-Christian culture; diversity is the various subcultures without the predominant culture. Diversity without unity results in perversity whether it is in the language, the culture, the borders, or the educational system of a nation.
EVERY VOTE MATTERS
Did you know that in 1776, one vote determined that English, not German, would be the official language of America? Apparently, our elected leaders need to vote on this important issue once again.
Proposed Resolution
The U.S. Congress must pass H.R. 768 making the English language the official language of the United States and all territories, and rescind former President Bill Clinton’s 2000 Executive Order 13166. All Americans must fight against this “Babel mandate†because it uses power that was never delegated by Congress. When Congress wrote the 1964 Civil Rights Law, language was never considered a basis for determining discrimination. It is self-evident that a person’s national origin, which cannot be changed, is not the same as the language someone speaks. America must remain a one language nation.
ENGLISH ONLY
All schools, businesses, hospitals, city governments, and government agencies must conduct their respective business affairs only in the English language; English must be the primary language for commerce and all business transactions in the United States. All purchases in the United States must be tendered in American currency; all government and business documents must be printed only in the English language; all signs, instructions, school lessons and tests, and voting ballots shall be in the English language only. Speaking English should not be considered “discrimination.†The Spanish language ends where the American border begins (unless being taught as a secondary language in institutions of learning). English speaking Americans should not have to push 1 on the phone to speak to someone in English.
BORDERS, LANGUAGE, AND CULTURE
Author and conservative radio talk show host Michael Savage warns that our country is losing its identity, becoming a victim of political correctness, unmonitored immigration, and socialistic ideals: “When it comes to our culture, we’re being told by liberals to let the illegal invaders, as well as the legal newcomers, redefine and reshape our culture into their image.†Our borders, language, and culture are being threatened. It’s time for principled patriotic citizens to defend and protect the freedoms we cherish.
ONE NATION UNDER ONE GOD RULED BY ONE LAW
The United States of America is one nation, under one God; subject to one law, speaking with one voice in one language, the English language. Our one motto: IN GOD WE TRUST.
JUDEO-CHRISTIAN CULTURE
Our culture is Judeo-Christian, but with various subcultures. The United States is made up of 50 red, white, and blue states. We are not a nation divided between red states and blue states.
IN GOD WE TRUST
The American Family Association has launched a national campaign to place before our children a copy of the official motto of the United States as a reminder of the historical centrality of God in the life of our republic. In a time when secularists are working to remove any acknowledgement of God from our public life, these words are legally sound, since they were officially adopted in 1956 by Congress.
SUPERIOR CIVILIZATION
American culture, which is based upon Judeo-Christian traditions and values, is a superior culture; Western civilization is a superior civilization. English is the chosen language for America. America is a one-language nation, not a tower of Babel. American cultural is neither multicultural nor multilingual. Historically, America has been a nation of legal immigrants who have been willing to assimilate. JFK assured the nation: “Immigrants would still be given tests for health, intelligence, morality and security.” Americans must insist that we continue that policy.
A CASE FOR UNITY IN DIVERSITY
Enough is enough already! How many languages should be spoken in America? And, how many languages should our government, our businesses, our hospitals, and our schools be required to accommodate? The problem is not just for Hispanics who speak Spanish. The problem is far broader than that. Did you know that there are more than 320 other tongues that are spoken in America today? This is not just an English language vs. the Spanish language issue. This is about America being united as one nation around one language for all its citizens and legal immigrants to communcate with one another and conduct business.
States like California should not be required to print all government documents in both English and Spanish, teach school in Spanish, give civil service exams in Spanish, or hire people who don’t speak English. As important as communication is, this is also a big pocketbook issue. The economic impact of trying to accommodate multiple languages on our society is counterproductive. Trying to accommodate all cultural groups not only costs big bucks, it causes disunity amoung the diverse subcultures in our great nation.
Room For But One Language Here
President Theodore Roosevelt had it right when he addressed this issue in 1907. President Roosevelt said, “In the first place, we should insist that if the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes an American and assimilates himself to us, he shall be treated on an exact equality with everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate against any such man because of creed, or birthplace, or origin. But this is predicated upon the person’s becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American…There can be no divided allegiance here. Any man who says he is an American, but something else also, isn’t an American at all. We have room for but one flag, the American flag…We have room for but one language here, and that is the English language… and we have room for but one sole loyalty and that is a loyalty to the American people.” Amen Teddy!
The “English Only” movement is about making English the official language of the United States. A bill to accomplish this (H.R. 997) was introduced in the House of Representatives in 2007. The U.S. English, Inc. reports that it is supported by more than 80% of all Americans and almost two-thirds of Hispanics, according to polls taken in 2006.
Thirty states already have some sort of English only law. This has not had any significant negative impacts in any of them.
Would you like to continue making America better? Speak it in English only!
Pray that the God of our founding fathers, Author of liberty, will shed His grace on America and heal our land in this area.
The American’s Creed
William Tyler Page, from the State of Maryland, won a nationwide contest in 1917 for “the best summary of American political faith.†The U.S. House of Representatives accepted the statement as the American’s Creed on April 3, 1918. It deserves to be read and recited in public. It reads as follows in English:
I believe in the United States of America as a Government of the people, by the people, for the people; whose just powers are derived from the consent of the governed; a democracy in a republic; a sovereign Nation of many sovereign States; a perfect union, one and inseparable; established upon those principles of freedom, equality, justice, and humanity for which American patriots sacrificed their lives and fortunes.
I therefore believe it is my duty to my country to love it; to support its Constitution; to obey its laws; to respect its flag, and to defend it against all enemies.
The Pledge of Allegiance
The last change in the Pledge of Allegiance occurred on June 14 (Flag Day), 1954 when President Dwight D. Eisenhower approved adding the words “under God”. As he authorized this noteworthy change he made this statement:
“In this way we are reaffirming the transcendence of religious faith in America’s heritage and future; in this way we shall constantly strengthen those spiritual weapons which forever will be our country’s most powerful resource in peace and war.â€
This was the last change made to the Pledge of Allegiance. The 23 words what had been initially penned for a Columbus Day celebra-tion now comprised a Thirty-one word profession of loyalty and devotion to not only a flag, but to a way of life….the American ideal. Ladies and gentleman, as we honor our flag and our trust in God, with our hand over our heart as a symbol of our patriotism, let us recite the words in English to the pledge, which now reads:
I pledge Allegiance to the flag
of the United States of America
and to the Republic for which it stands,
one nation under God, indivisible,
with Liberty and Justice for all.