If Kenya requires a loyalty oath to become a citizen, Obama may have forfeited his US citizenship. I have always heard that you cannot have dual citizenship when the other country requires an oath of loyalty.
Right, but this seems to be based solely on the Kenyan constitution, not on anything he ever did himself.
I agree, stick with the birth certificate. Possible forgery trumps everything, including birthplace.
Furthermore, if this rumor is true, it would make great campaign fodder even if he is still eligible to serve as President.
Not true, dual citizenship is not a function of the US, rather the other country involved. Panama could make John McCain a dual citizen by granting citizenship to anyone born with their borders. It's their call.
In Obama's case, his Keynan citizenship would be an accident of partenage and Keynan law, I seriously doubt he ever took an oath. If he did, to Keyna or Indonesia, that would be a serious issue, but that wouldn't strip him of his US citizenship. That requires a formal request made to the State Dept, usually through a local Embassy, and it often isn't granted as one of the frequent reasons is to avoid some sort of criminal liability in the US. In the 60s and early 70s we wouldn't accept petitions from draft dodgers in Canada, since it would give them a pass on their crime. Which we gave them later.
In Barry's case, if he want's to give up his citizenship to become a citizen of the World, it's fine with me, but I doubt he will.