The Department of Health and Obama

Obama's birth certification as found on his website

DID YOU KNOW THAT WHERE YOU APPLY FOR YOUR MARRIAGE LICENSE
IS THE HOME TO A VERY HEATED DEBATE?
Yes! Hawaii is the home for to our President, but...hmm...is it really?

First off, let me come out of the gate and tell you that even though the Department of Health has been caught up in the middle of a heated debate to whether or not Obama is a natural born citizen, you will not find it difficult to get your marriage license in Hawaii. There are no protesters at the Department of Health. And even though the office has been flooded with phone calls, letters, and with concerned citizens looking for Obama's birth certificate, it has not affected their ability to quickly issue your marriage license, and to process it effectively. The only true thing that stands in the way of getting your marriage license is Friday. On most Friday's, the Department of Health has been closed as it has been furloughed in an attempt for our government to balance its budget. Safe rule of thumb, if you are going to get your marriage license on Friday, get it from an independent wedding agent. If you need their phone number, just email me.

So what's all this Obama fuss anyway? I'll take to make this as short as possible.

Well, in order to be the President of the United States of America, the only requirement which is required is that he or she be a natural born citizen. Was Obama born in Hawaii? It's hard to say. When questioned about his natural born citizenship, Obama brushed off the accusation and produced the certificate of live birth as seen above. But this truly isn't a birth certificate, but just a paper that certifies Obama was born on this date.

Here is a true birth certificates that were issued around that same time from the State of Hawaii.

This was the copy that was filled out by the attending doctor.


The black negative copy is what you kept for your records. My mother, parents, friends, family, all of our birth certificates look like this, not like the green one Obama produced.

I also found this directly from the State Department of Health's website. It addresses the topic of who can amend their birth certificate. Click here for the actual website where I got the following info.


---provided by law (HRS §§338-17.7, 338-20.5), the following persons may apply for an amended certificate of birth:

• A person born in the State of Hawaii who already has a birth certificate filed with the Department of Health and
  
  
  1. has become legally adopted, or
  2. has undergone a sex change operation, or
  3. a legal determination of the nonexistence of a parent and child relationship for a person identified as a parent on the birth certificate on file has been made, or
  4. previously recorded information in relation to the person’s surname and/or the father’s personal particulars has been altered pursuant to law.
     
  
  
• A person born in a foreign country who has been legally adopted in the State of Hawaii

Isn't that interesting? A person who is not born in America, can amend their birth certificate in Hawaii after they are legally adopted.

Now, I have friends who are from the Philippines, who have been adopted here in the United States, and can produce the same GREEN certificate of live birth in which Obama did. Their original birth certificate, signed by the Mid-Wife or attending physician, is of course, in a different country. Unfortunately, as smart as they are, they can never be our President because they are not naturally born. Obama was adopted because his original father went AWOL. There is an outside chace his situation could be the same as my friends. A citizen of the U.S. through adoption...

Is Obama a natural born citizen? Hey, who knows. But all what the "Birthers" are asking is that he show his real long-form birth certificate, the same one I can produce if asked... and that's all. If they are wrong...they're wrong. If I had to show my long-form birth certificate to play Pop-Warner football, why can't we ask for him to do the same to constitutionally hold the office of President?

I think it's a legitimate request and easy one to fill....

Anyone who challenges Obama's eligibility to hold the office of the President of United States is called crazy by the Democrats, The White House, and a handful of conservative talk show host such as Glenn Beck. But is it truly that crazy? I honestly don't believe you can categorize "Birthers" into the same category of nuts that believe George Bush took down the Twin Towers.

Just my two cents.



Steven Young
The Hawaii Wedding Report
http://www.dreamweddingshawaii.com/