{"id":88458,"date":"2025-02-14T21:45:01","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T21:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/alabama\/alabama-house-republicans-want-to-require-gulf-of-america-name-change\/"},"modified":"2025-02-14T21:45:01","modified_gmt":"2025-02-14T21:45:01","slug":"alabama-house-republicans-want-to-require-gulf-of-america-name-change","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=88458","title":{"rendered":"Alabama House Republicans want to require &#8220;Gulf of America&#8221; name change"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">State and local entities in Alabama may soon be forced to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the \u201cGulf of America.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A bill introduced this week by Rep. David Standridge and co-sponsored by 56 other House Republicans would officially recognize the name change and force all entities in the state to adopt the change. That would include all newly created official maps, road signs and school textbooks and other educational materials.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The change would go into effect on July 1.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The renaming effort began seriously on an apparent whim by current President Donald Trump, who randomly mentioned the change during a press event and later signed an executive order to make it official. The order, however, is not recognized internationally and won\u2019t change the name of the Gulf on official maps recognized by NATO and international oceanic organizations.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">While the legislation proposed by Standridge says that the change isn\u2019t required if it places an undue burden or financial hardship, renaming the Gulf of Mexico is likely to cost Alabama, and other Gulf states, well into the millions of dollars. That\u2019s not including the costs to hundreds of businesses that incorporate the name into their products, services and even business names.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The name Gulf of Mexico first appeared on maps in the 1500s and was commonly used by the 1600s. The name is believed to have originated from Spanish sailors.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cGulf of America\u201d has been previously used to refer to the area, albeit sarcastically. One of the first instances was comedian and late-night talk show host Stephen Colbert, who used the name in 2010 on his \u201cColbert Report,\u201d when establishing a fund to help Gulf states recover from the BP oil spill.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-6\" style=\"margin: 8px auto; text-align: center; display: block; clear: both;\">\n<div class=\"zox-post-ad-wrap\"><span class=\"zox-ad-label\">Advertisement. Scroll to continue reading.<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWe can\u2019t use the name Gulf of Mexico anymore. We broke it, we bought it,\u201d Colbert joked. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>State and local entities in Alabama may soon be forced to change the name of the Gulf of Mexico to the \u201cGulf of America.\u201d\u00a0 A bill introduced this week by Rep. 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