I'm not buying it. I'm not saying that states can't create a fresh birth certificate for someone in the case of adoption, but rather that I don't think that's the case with this Frankendocument.
If it's a "legal fake," then why won't HDOH take ownership of it by affirming that what's posted on the WH servers is a true copy/representation of the "record" on file?
They aren't allowed to do that. It is a violation of Hawaii's privacy laws. The provenance of Adopted Children's birth certificates has always been protected by official state coverup of the truth.
Agree w you. I used to be in the ‘legal fake’ camp until someone—iirc, Carp—forced me to think it through a little more thoroughly. The sticking point is this: if it’s a legal fake, then Kapiolani IS the hospital where Obama was born. But if that is true, why did Obama’s camp identify another hospital, on multiple occasions, as the place of his birth? Also, why DID Kapiolani remove Obama’s letter thanking them for delivering him? If they really did it, why is that letter not proudly displayed to this day?
Unless compelling *independent* evidence emerges definitely fixing Kapiolani as the birth hospital, Obama’s LF BC is an illegal fake. Fwiw.