I was under the impression that dual citizenship was not possible under British law. that has been the argument about Bo and his father being British.
Since the British Nationality Act of 1948, there is in general no restriction, in United Kingdom law, on a British national being a citizen of another country as well. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/British_nationality_law#Acquisition_of_British_Overseas_Territories_citizenship Prior to 1983, British nationality was transmitted from the father through one generation only, and ONLY if the parents were married in accordance with English Law.
In other words, folks, Obama was not a British citizen at birth. Obama might have been born with no citizenship at all if he was born in Kenya. and not Hawaii.
However, since the people who are pushing this strategy so hard, to the exclusion of evey other strategy, have said that his birth certificate is irrelevant and would make no effort to obtain it, Obama walks, free and clear.
Oh, I’m sure that he’ll get tons of sympathy from the vast majority (if not all) of his fan base because they don’t believe that marriage is even necessary to have a child.
This is the reason why we must continue to push Obama to release, not only his long-form “vault” certificate, but also the very same Certification of Live Birth that he had claimed to have made and posted on the Internet.
Sorry I’m not up on this. The rest: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2280617/posts
I was under the impression that dual citizenship was not possible under British law.
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That is incorrect. My husband is British-born and became a US citizen about two years ago. He remains a UK citizen unless and until he formally renounces to the proper British authority. He has not done so. Merely accepting US citizenship does NOT invalidate UK citizenship.