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Florida judge allows three parental names on birth certificate
A judge in Florida allowed the birth certificate of a baby girl to include the names of three parents — two married women and the sperm donor, reported Reuters. After trying fertility clinics a few times, married couple Maria Italiano and Cher Filippazzo asked Italiano’s hair dresser to provide his…
Arpaio: Questioning profit motive behind birther investigation ‘a big insult’
Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio on Tuesday said it was “insulting” to point out that members of his Cold Case Posse were profiting off their long-running investigation of President Barack Obama’s birth certificate. “How do you expect any of us to believe any of this?” KPHO-TV’s Morgan Loew asked Arpaio…
Joe Arpaio Wants Your Papers, Will Not Accept Them
Man, wingnuts in Arizona really are obsessed with people of color and having your “papers”. Despite the fact that it makes you an automatic laughingstock to do this, Sheriff Joe Arpaio of Maricopa County in Arizona made a big to-do over his “investigation” of the President’s birth certificate. I’m sure…
Mississippi voter ID law presents catch-22 for would-be voters
Though it has yet to be fully implemented, Mississippi’s new voter identification law is already posing a challenge to some people hoping to register to vote. That’s because some residents are trapped in a legal limbo where, to get a voter ID, they need a birth certificate, and to get…
Florida judge tosses birther lawsuit against Obama
A judge in Florida has dismissed a lawsuit that alleged President Barack Obama was not eligible to be President of the United States and could not legally appear on the state’s ballot this November. The lawsuit was filed by Fort Lauderdale automobile salesman Michael Voeltz, who received counsel from conservative…
Rep. Stearns says ‘birthers’ have ‘legitimate concerns’
Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL), the chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations, reiterated on Tuesday concerns over whether President Barack Obama had an authentic birth certificate. “I am, shall we say, looking at all the evidence,” Stearns said, according to The Hill. He noted that…
Sheriff Arpaio refuses to drop ‘birther’ investigation of Obama
Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio told The Arizona Republic on Sunday that he would continue to pursue his investigation into President Barack Obama’s birth certificate. “I’m not going to drop this,” he told the newspaper. “You don’t think I did a press conference and let it die? I’ll make a decision…
Rep. Stearns questions whether Obama’s birth certificate is legitimate
During a meeting with constituents, Rep. Cliff Stearns (R-FL) openly wondered whether the birth certificate produced by President Barack Obama was real or a forgery. “All I can tell you is that the general consensus is that he has produced a birth certificate,” he said, according to Think Progress. “The…
Obama pokes fun at birth controversy on Facebook
WASHINGTON — US President Barack Obama switched his Facebook page on Thursday to the social network’s new “timeline” format and poked fun at the controversy over his birthplace. The first entry on Obama’s revamped Facebook page lists his birthdate — August 4, 1961 — and provides a link to a…
Arpaio probe concludes Obama’s birth certificate a ‘forgery’
Arizona’s Maricopa County Sheriff Joe Arpaio announced on Thursday that his investigation into President Barack Obama’s birth certificate concluded the document was most likely a “forgery.” “President Barack Obama’s long-form birth certificate released by the White House on April 27, 2011, is suspected to be a computer-generated forgery, not a…
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