Did you know that Obama was born in Kenya, and it is not legal for anyone ?

It is sad that people do not take these accusations more seriously.

In all seriousness, since he won, I hope he was born in Hawaii.

It's well documented that Obama was born in Hawaii and holds full US citizenship as shown by the Director of the Hawaiian DOH.

HONOLULU -- The state's Department of Health director on Friday released a statement verifying the legitimacy of Sen. Barack Obama birth certificate.

The state has received multiple requests for a copy of Obama's birth certificate. State law does not allow officials to release the birth certificate of a person to someone outside of the family.

There were rumors that Obama was born in Kenya, where his father is from. The Constitution requires that the president be a natural born citizen of the U.S.

While many sites and news organizations have released copies provided by the Obama campaign, the rumors have persisted.

"There have been numerous requests for Sen. Barack Hussein Obama’s official birth certificate. State law (Hawai‘i Revised Statutes §338-18) prohibits the release of a certified birth certificate to persons who do not have a tangible interest in the vital record," DOH Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino said.

Fukino said she and the registrar of vital statistics, Alvin Onaka, have personally verified that the health department holds Obama's original birth certificate.

"Therefore, I as Director of Health for the State of Hawai‘i, along with the Registrar of Vital Statistics who has statutory authority to oversee and maintain these type of vital records, have personally seen and verified that the Hawai‘i State Department of Health has Sen. Obama’s original birth certificate on record in accordance with state policies and procedures," Fukino said.

Fukino said that no state official, including Gov. Linda Lingle, ever instructed that Obama's certificate be handled differently from any other.

Some Obama critics claim he was not born in the United States.

Multiple lawsuits were filed to try and force Obama to provide proof of citizenship. Earlier Friday, a southwest Ohio magistrate rejected a challenge to Obama's U.S. citizenship. Judges in Seattle and Philadelphia recently dismissed similar suits.

Copyright 2008 by KITV.com. The Associated Press contributed to this report. All rights reserved.

lol, McCain wasn't born on American soil, Obama was. Do you know why McCain was eligable to run for president? It's because even though he's not native born, it doesn't matter because you only have to be a natural born (look it up) citizen, at least 35 years old, and had a US residence for the last 7 years to qualify.

Not true. First of all, Obama was not born in kenya. This has been established. However, if someone was born on foreign soil to parents who were citizens at the time, that person would be a natural born citizen, and thus be eligible to be President. For example, John McCain was born in Panama.

This is far from over folks.

Yes, SUPPOSEDLY the HI Dept of Health has said they have his original VAULT CERT. But it has not been shown as of today to anyone.

As far as McCain is concerned, the Senate DID look into McCain and wrote a BINDING resolution in his favor. This has not happened with OBAMA.

No good questions to ask? We've been over this one over and over. McCain was not born on American soil so he could not possibly become president.

Obama was born in Hawaii. His father was born in Kenya.

Kenya is part of USA, thats why we have lots of black ppl.

not impossible, look at others like governors, senators, etc.

This has been debunked about a million times, and it defies common sense anyway that no one would have discovered it by now.

In any event, he is the president-elect and posting this debunked myth won't change that.

i dont think that ,but i think the important ,what is obama do

all the world waits the new president