Just an update on thread

http://www.alipac.us/ftopict-10800.html


Ohio Panel Hit for Attack on English, Says ProEnglish

10/12/2005 1:34:00 PM


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To: State Desk

Contact: Phil Kent of ProEnglish, 404-226-3549

ARLINGTON, Va., Oct. 12 /U.S. Newswire/ -- The executive director of ProEnglish, a national organization that advocates for making English the official language, blasted the Ohio Civil Rights Commission for filing "an absurd and dangerous complaint" against a restaurant owner for posting a sign reading "For Service Speak English." K.C. McAlpin labeled the complaint against Tom Ullum of the Pleasure Inn in Mason, Ohio, as "a blatant violation of the owner's First Amendment right of free speech and a total misreading of a state law banning refusal of service based on national origin."

Ohio law says it is unlawful for any proprietor "of a place of public accommodation" to deny the "full enjoyment of the accommodation based on race, color, religion sex, national origin, disability, age of ancestry." ProEnglish is offering legal assistance to Ullum, who says, "The sign means exactly what it says... none of the employees speak any language other than English and, therefore, would be unable to communicate with any patrons who are not well versed in the English language."

"Trying to equate someone's national origin with the language they speak is a deliberately distorted definition that has been rejected time and again by the courts," McAlpin notes. "The words 'national origin' mean where someone was born and nothing else."

"The members and staff of the Ohio Civil Rights Commission need a remedial course on the American Constitution and the First Amendment," added McAlpin. "Even though they pretend to champion 'diversity,' it's clear by their actions they want to be multicultural thought police and prosecute anyone who thinks differently than they do," he said.

ProEnglish is offering legal assistance to the Pleasure Inn owner, who is asking the Ohio commission to reconsider its decision.

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If you only knew how many calls i have made on this one and letters.