Randy Terrill, author of the the HB 1804 immigration bill, has proposed legislation to make English the official language in Oklahoma, reports Barbara Hoberock, of the Tulsa World Capitol Bureau. Terrill said:
It deals with the right of the state, as a sovereign entity, to control the method and manner in which it communicates with citizens and the citizens who must communicate with it...If enacted, he said, the bill would eliminate bilingual driver’s license tests, bilingual state signs and agency telephone recordings in other languages...This bill will prevent the state of Oklahoma from being compelled to deliver any taxpayer-funded services in any language other than our official language, which is English.
English is already the offical language in over half of the U.S.. If approved, Oklahoma will be the
31st state to have English as its official language, according to the
U.S.English Foundation.
Labels: English Only, HB 1804, Rep. Randy Terrill
Posted at 3/19/2008 07:55:00 AM
