It could have been a polygamous marriage, as it appears that in 1961, polygamy was not outlawed: http://law.jrank.org/pages/11834/Annulment-Prohibited-Marriage-Prohibited-Marriage.html
It's interesting that folks seem to insist that it was a "bigamous" marriage. Are we to believe the SADO was ignorant enough to not know? Is a polygamous marriage impossible?
If the existing court document is correct, and polygamy was not illegal in 1961 HI, then in the "eyes" of the BNA of 1948, would they not have been involved in a "legal" marriage?
Until ANOTHER court document (presumably arrived at after discovery) proves that the divorce court document contains false information, the state of Hawaii believed they were involved in a legal marriage.
So, let the discovery begin!
Sheesh....
You just don’t get it.
Try here for starters..and use your head.
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/hrscurrent/Vol12_Ch0501-0588/HRS0572/HRS_0572-0001.htm
Just think. A guy is married to someone else. His country won’t recognize a marriage in the US EVEN IF LEGAL IN THE US (AND IT WASN”T LEGAL).
One or more parties LIE to get the marriage license.
Ann KNEW he was married by the time she got the divorce. SHE KNEW that marriage wasn’t legal.She got a divorce versus annulment for whatever reason...IT DOES NOT MEAN THAT THEY HAD A VALID MARRIAGE THAT CAN”T BE ATTACKED COLLATERALLY AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN RECOGNIZED BY BRITISH AND KENYAN LAW AT THE TIME
THERE IS ALL KINDS OF INFORMATION ON THIS IN BRITISH LAW.
BUT HEY,..JUST KEEP BELIEVING WHATEVER YOU WANT.
"It's interesting that folks seem to insist that it was a "bigamous" marriage. Are we to believe the SADO was ignorant enough to not know? Is a polygamous marriage impossible?
"If the existing court document is correct, and polygamy was not illegal in 1961 HI, then in the "eyes" of the BNA of 1948, would they not have been involved in a "legal" marriage?"
rxsid: When I go to the above link I find that HI statute 572-1(3) outlaws bigamous marriages currently. Where do you find that bigamy was legal in HI in 1961? UT was denied entry into the Union until it banned bigamy/polygamy. If HI permitted bigamy/polygamy in 1959, I think it would have been widely reported and statehood opposed until it was banned.
How could SADO know anything of Obama Srs Kenya marriage to Kezia beyond what he chose to tell her? If he didn't tell her, that doesn't make 18-year-old SADO ignorant.
From what I read in the Kenya Marriage Act of 1902, bigamy/polygamy was illegal for all persons including tribal or Muslim marriages and the 1948 BNA only applies to legitimate children of BHO Sr.
Only discovery and litigation on the merits in HI, UK and Kenya would establish whether BHO II was governed by the 1948 BNA and was thus a dual-citizen and subject of the Queen at birth.