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Re: Obama and the Birthers
Old 08-10-2009, 07:53 PM   #9
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Ah, but then the argument begins of what "natural born" means. All current legal precedent supports the notion that citizenship follows blood before boundaries. Meaning: Obama's mom was a citizen so he is a citizen, regardless of where he was born.
True, but there are still limitations. For instance, whether or not the child was born overseas to one or two U.S. citizen parents, whether or not those parents were in wedlock, etc.

In any case, this makes the "Birthers" argument even more absurd.
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