Santorum tells Puerto Ricans to speak English if they want to be a state.

[J. J.]

Maybe Santorum well come out against statehood for Louisiana as well. 

[J. J.]

Basically, when we made Louisiana a state, didn't they mostly speak French there?

[J. J.]

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Yeah, which is why the law there is instructive. English is official in LA.

Ah, well, actually, it isn't.  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States#Official_language_status

There is no official language, but English and French are considered de facto "official languages."

[J. J.]

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So IOW there are official languages one of which is English. Thanks JJ.

Look up the term "de facto."  Both are recognized by the courts in LA, but neither was given "official" status.

[J. J.]

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Ah, that would be because I specified de jure in my post...

No, that be because you used word "official" in your post.

Yeah, which is why the law there is instructive. English is official in LA.

[J. J.]

If I had specified de jure I would think I would have said de jure. This is fun.

I didn't mention that turn.  You mentioned "official."

[J. J.]

How did you divine the de jure, de facto distinction?

Yes, but you have not, obviously.  And since you have raised the distinction, de facto refers to "in facto" as opposed to "in law," or in this case, by "official" designation.

Santorum screwed up again.

[J. J.]

I'd vote for English to be our national language if it was on a ballot but there's no real point in making it a priority. I'm in favor of funding for immigrants who are poor in English though.

Well, it was bloody stupid thing to say 5 days before a primary in an area where a majority of the voters speaks Spanish (especially where there is a WTA possibility).

[J. J.]

the reaction of santorum is normal. One state must have 1 language.


If not, imagine you go to a county, for an adminisrative stuff, and the officer speak to you in bulgarian. Little problem, no ?


Porto Rico don't have  to speak english, so porto rico have to be independant, as philippines were


two of more languages in a state is the assurance to have separatist parties on the political scene.

Yet we have several states where languages coexist.

[J. J.]

Preferably, the best decision is to cut ties from PR and give them independence.

Hey, if they favor it, I favor it.  Same with statehood.