Posted on 06/10/2008 6:23:59 AM PDT by Blue Turtle
Having done some Obama-rumor debunking that got praise from Daily Kos (a sign of the apocalypse, no doubt), perhaps the Obama campaign could return the favor and help debunk a bunch of others with a simple step: Could they release a copy of his birth certificate?
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Sounds to me that as Obama is running for POTUS that we all have a direct interest in wanting to know if he is qualified.
Good point, but I doubt the HI government will go along with it.
1 AD???
December 24, 1952 to November 13, 1986
If, at the time of your birth, both your parents were U.S. citizens and at least one had a prior residence in the United States, you automatically acquired U.S. citizenship with no conditions for retaining it.
If only one parent was a U.S. citizen at the time of your birth, that parent must have resided in the United States for at least ten years, at least five of which had to be after the age of 16. There are no conditions placed on retaining this type of citizenship. If your one U.S. citizen parent is your father and you were born outside of marriage, the same rules apply if your father legally legitimated you before your 21st birthday and you were unmarried at the time. If legitimation occurred after November 14, 1986, your father must have established paternity prior to your 18th birthday, either by acknowledgment or by court order, and must have stated in writing that he would support you financially until your 18th birthday.
http://immigration.findlaw.com/immigration/immigration-citizenship-naturalization/immigration-citizenship-naturalization-did-you-know(1).html
Obama had a foreign-born father, and a mother that did not meet the eligibility requirement for automatic US citizenship for her child. I think Barry might have some trouble ahead on this issue.
December 24, 1952 to November 13, 1986
If, at the time of your birth, both your parents were U.S. citizens and at least one had a prior residence in the United States, you automatically acquired U.S. citizenship with no conditions for retaining it.
If only one parent was a U.S. citizen at the time of your birth, that parent must have resided in the United States for at least ten years, at least five of which had to be after the age of 16. There are no conditions placed on retaining this type of citizenship. If your one U.S. citizen parent is your father and you were born outside of marriage, the same rules apply if your father legally legitimated you before your 21st birthday and you were unmarried at the time. If legitimation occurred after November 14, 1986, your father must have established paternity prior to your 18th birthday, either by acknowledgment or by court order, and must have stated in writing that he would support you financially until your 18th birthday.
http://immigration.findlaw.com/immigration/immigration-citizenship-naturalization/immigration-citizenship-naturalization-did-you-know(1).html
Obama had a foreign-born father, and a mother that did not meet the eligibility requirement for automatic US citizenship for her child. I think Barry might have some trouble ahead on this issue.
Sorry for the double post. My computer hiccuped.
Dang that link:
I see no “sarcasm” label attached to your post. If you are really a worshiper of the Obamassiah, might I suggest you are on the wrong forum.
I really didn’t think that a sarcasm label was necessary, especially since I refered to him as ‘His Holy Name’.
“though she had been a U.S. Citizen for 10 years”
Wasn’t she born in Kansas?
She was 18 when she was married
bttt
The law I posted above applies only to children born outside of the United States. Since Obama was born to a US citizen mother, and in the state of Hawaii, he is a US natural born citizen.
There must be another reason the campaign refuses to release the birth certificate.
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