That's a good, common sense question, isn't it?
I think that these good folks just got all tangled up in these exotic eighteenth century Swiss theories of citizenship as a result of their natural antipathy to Obama. After talking themselves into adamantly believing all this stuff, it's going to take some time for them to come to terms with reality. However, most of them will be inclined to want to support Ted Cruz and so I think in time nearly all of them will come around.
Ted Cruz - 2016
Yep, I couldn’t have said it better. It seems to me that an American citizen parent can transmit a sense of patriotism, allegiance and love of country to a child who is capable of grasping those concepts, from anywhere on the planet.
Washington, Jefferson and Madison had no trouble accepting honorary French citizenship to show solidarity with the French Revolution. Nor did they oppose granting American citizenship to the Marquis de Lafayette.
De Lafayette imported American dirt to France so he could be buried on American soil.
To which Tau Food responded:
That's a good, common sense question, isn't it?
It is absolutely a good common sense question and the best answer to it is the one I gave. A Child is expected to acquire it's love of country from it's Father. The word "Patriotism" derives from the Latin word for Father. "Pater."
The word literally means "love of my Father's Country."
That you are resorting to common sense is a good sign, because common sense is a kissing cousin of Natural Law. A Child cannot gain a love for a different country than that which his father loves, and so the father's allegiance is the determining factor in that of the child.
Partus Sequitur Patrem.