[concerned about politics]

Hawaii have said that his birth certificate is on file there — and of course Hawaii, or any other state, doesn’t keep birth certs on file of people born in a different state or country. They would run out of file space.

Again, that's untrue. They never said they had his birth CERTIFICATE. They said they had a record of birth, but never said where that birth had occurred.
It's perfectly legal to get papers saying a child had been born. This and a legitimate U.S. birth certificate are two different things.

[Amityschild]

Isn’t it incredible how much misinformation has been spread? I am completely blown away that so many here repeat the canards about this!

[FourtySeven]

They never said they had his birth CERTIFICATE. They said they had a record of birth, but never said where that birth had occurred.

It's perfectly legal to get papers saying a child had been born. This and a legitimate U.S. birth certificate are two different things.

I don't understand this distinction at all. A "record of birth" is not the same as a "birth certificate"?

What does this mean? That every state in the union has a "record of birth" for everyone born in every other state? IOW, why would a state have a "record of birth" for someone not born in the state?

[Non-Sequitur]

Again, that's untrue. They never said they had his birth CERTIFICATE. They said they had a record of birth, but never said where that birth had occurred. It's perfectly legal to get papers saying a child had been born. This and a legitimate U.S. birth certificate are two different things.

"Therefore, I as Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, have personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has Sen. Obama’s original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures," - Dr. Chiyomi Fukino, Director, Hawaii Department of Health.

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