[bushpilot1]

We need a reminder from time to time the Founders definition of a natural born citizen.

Natural born citizens are born to citizen parents.

[Ramius]

We need a reminder from time to time the Founders definition of a natural born citizen. // Natural born citizens are born to citizen parents.

That's not their definition. That's a new definition recently invented.

The founders intended that Presidents had to come from people already here at the founding, or people born here after the founding. They excluded "naturalized" citizens from eligibility because they were concerned that King George III would send over some noblemen to become citizens and run for President... and thusly nullify the revolution. The requirement for "natural born" in the U.S. was enough. They didn't ~need~ to require that their parents were also born here.

[ethical]

I agree. It would be insane to think that if you serve in the military and are stationed overseas with your family that you are required to sacrifice passing on NBC status to your children should they be born in another country. It is not where you are born but the citizenship status of both your parents when you are born. Both parents citizens? Then you are a NBC.