It’s English-only for Missourians!

“Voters spoke decisively Tuesday on a ballot measure in Missouri to enact English as the official language of their state government,” said K.C. McAlpin, executive director of ProEnglish.

“Our organization urged Missourians to vote ‘yes’ on constitutional amendment No. 1 to enshrine English as the official language in the state constitution,” McAlpin said. “Unfortunately the United States is one of the few countries in the world without an official language. So having official English in a state constitution is important to protect it from being thrown out by activist judges who want to substitute their own rule for that of the people.”

He said although the Missouri vote was split almost evenly between Barack Obama and John McCain, a huge majority approved the English plan.

“This landslide vote confirms national polls reflecting that a vast majority of Americans – Democrat, Republican and independent – reject costly and confusing multilingualism and support English as our nation’s official language.”

WND recently reported when the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5642 in Montrose, Pa., delivered a new message for the many telemarketers who call its answering machine: Speak English.

Those who call the post when no one’s around to answer the telephone will be greeted by a pleasant, female voice on the answering machine saying, “Hi, you’ve reached the Montrose VFW, Post 5642. We are an English-speaking, American establishment. If you do not speak English or believe in America, please hang up.”

The one-story, white VFW post is a popular gathering point for veteran’s along Pennsylvania’s Route 706, according to a WNEP-TV report. According to its post commander, the VFW’s phone number is also a popular target of telemarketers, many of whom speak in broken English.

“We are living in America,” Post Commander John Miner told WNEP. “We should be able to speak English.”