Where's the proof??
"Hawaii's secretary of state has confirmed that Obama was born in that state."
Really?? I thought that the precise statement was that the State of Hawaii "had a birth record on file"---but nowhere produces the necessary proof of WHERE the birth actually took place. Has the Hawaii SoS signed an affidavit under oath that states that Obama was born in Hawaii???
As many others have said, this is an easily resolved question---either produce the actual birth record, or a legally sworn affidavit as to where the place of birth was.
What she said was:
she has "personally seen and verified that the Hawaii State Department of Health has Sen. Obama’s original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures.
Now about that statement.It is against the law in Hawaii to reveal what is in a persons BC. It would have be ok for her to say they have his original Hawaiian birth certificate on record, because that would not be revealing anything in the record ( an original Hawaiian birth certificate is the record itself.) It is telling that she didn't say that. If she had mentioned anything else, it would have been violating the law by revealing the contents of his record ( a foreign BC is submitted as part of the record when applying for a Certificate of Birth ). Saying that his original birth certificate was a Kenyan BC, that would be breaking the law by revealing part of his record.
http://hawaii.gov/health/about/pr/2008/08-93.pdf
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
News Release
LINDA LINGLE
GOVERNOR
CHIYOME LEINAALA FUKINO M.D.
DIRECTOR
Phone: (808) 586-4410
Fax: (808) 586-4444
For Immediate Release: October 31, 2008 08-93
STATEMENT BY DR. CHIYOME FUKINO
“There have been numerous requests for Sen. Barack Hussein Obama’s official birth certificate. State law (Hawai‘i Revised Statutes §338-18) prohibits the release of a certified birth certificate to persons who do not have a tangible interest in the vital record.
“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.
“No state official, including Governor Linda Lingle, has ever instructed that this vital record be handled in a manner different from any other vital record in the possession of the State of Hawai‘i.”
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For more information, contact:
Janice Okubo
Communications Office
Phone: (808) 586-4442
“...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.”
Nice one. The Hawaii Health Department, up until 1972, issued birth certificates up until one year after a child was born, regardless of the place of birth of the child. That statement is totally worthless.