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http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/08/the-united-states-doesnt-have-an-official-language/
Therefore, the U.S. doesn’t have an official language
All the way back in 1780 it was proposed to the Continental Congress by future President John Adams that English should be made the official language of the budding nation. This was not a popular notion largely because Americans at the time spoke a variety of languages. So the idea of picking one of the more popular ones and making it the official language was seen as “undemocratic and a threat to individual liberty”.
While English has come to dominate in the United States, 232 years later it still has not been made the official language for more or less the same reason it wasn’t in 1780. In fact, the American Civil Liberties Union argues that declaring English as the official language of the United States would violate the First Amendment.
While English has come to dominate in the United States, 232 years later it still has not been made the official language for more or less the same reason it wasn’t in 1780. In fact, the American Civil Liberties Union argues that declaring English as the official language of the United States would violate the First Amendment.
http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/08/the-united-states-doesnt-have-an-official-language/
Therefore, the U.S. doesn’t have an official language
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@BlueRain Dominant and official are two different things.