Rejected!

Nashville put the kabash on the Nashville English Only proposal today 41,752 votes to 32,144!!

Thank goodness we have our heads on straight! The appropriate response to our city's ever changing demographics is not to deny government services to people who do not speak English (if that sort of manipulative punishing approach worked we would have no one in prison), but instead to work with our community to develop cultural competency.

Different people live different ways, have different cultural beliefs, and different languages. Our country was built on diversity and we should be thankful for it because it defines us as a nation, expands our experience, and develops our capacity to love and understand what truly makes humanity great.

Thanks Nashville for taking a chance on open, kind, excepting, and progressive beliefs. We'll be better for it!!