For about three years now, millions of Americans have questioned Obama's status as an American who was born on our soil. It is my position to agree that people are correct in doing this. This is not a "racist" movement. The United States Constitution mandates that to be eligible for the office of the President of the United States that one must be born in the United States. Why is someone wrong in questioning Obama's status as a natural born citizen?
It is the duty of Americans to question the citizenship status of every President and make sure they are born in the United States. The only reason the "birther" movement still exists is because Obama has refused to release his birth certificate. What is the reason for such secrecy?
The only so-called "proof" shown to the American people was a certificate of live birth posted on a non-government website. This is all a person needs to do to become president? The United States is in a said state of affairs when we disregard the rule of law and let an assumption of birth pass as a constitutional requirement.
The Democratic governor of Hawaii, Neil Abercrombie, has recently made headlines in his quest to make Obama's "birth records" public. I applaud Governor Abercrombie because he is now doing what Obama should have done in the first place. If Obama is trying this hard to keep this information secret, spending millions in court to have this information kept classified, doesn't he realize that if he is truly a citizen born here then he has nothing to worry about? Only time will tell.
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