Note: ...parent or parents...
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Heather has two mommies...
Have been born in the United States or certain territories or outlying possessions of the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; OR
had a parent or parents who were citizens at the time of your birth (if you were born abroad) and meet other requirements
The "and meet other requirements" part is always glossed over or ignored by people citing citizenship given at birth to those born abroad.
The Constitution ‘trumps’ law:
No person except a natural born Citizen, or a Citizen of the United States, at the time of the Adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the Office of President ...
No laws out-interpret original intent.
The intent of our founding fathers was to prevent a foreign tyrant or his bastard [arguably Obama] from becoming President. But ... Cruz is no Obama-bastard. They would have adjusted the Constitution to qualify him if they had known him, I am certain.
But as to their policy at the time, I have often wondered how our Founding Fathers would have allowed the King of England to take a whore from the US, knock her up, and groom the bastard to be President of the US?
Note: and meet other requirements
Murkiness remains...