tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post4959163903696855936..comments2023-12-14T21:55:11.213-05:00Comments on Mitchell Langbert's Blog: Pamela Geller's Old News About Barack Obama's ReligionMitchell Langberthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00722335216553899790noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2555123713188257297.post-85492299394973784852008-08-14T14:17:00.000-04:002008-08-14T14:17:00.000-04:00"A Muslim"Obama was recorded as having been a Musl...<B>"A Muslim"</B><BR/>Obama was recorded as having been a Muslim when he started at the Catholic school in Indonesia, but it was impossible for him to have been one because he was far too young to have the understanding that is required to consciously become one.<BR/><BR/>His father wanted him to be taught about the Muslim religion, which is why he was classified as Muslim on the school form, but no one becomes a Muslim until they make an informed decision about it, and Barack was only 9 years old when he returned to Hawaii so he was not old enough to make that informed decision by the time his Muslim studies had finished.<BR/><BR/><B>"Name Soetoro"</B><BR/>If U.S. citizens change their name (on U.S. soil) either with legal paperwork or informally, then the new name becomes their legal name (in the U.S.) but ONLY if they use the new name exclusively, so if young Barack was not exclusively using his parents’ name of Soetoro, then under U.S. law he was still Obama.<BR/><BR/>That exclusivity would not, and should not, and probably could not exist while young Barack was a U.S. citizen in a foreign land with a U.S. passport because he could not leave Indonesia on his original ‘Obama’ passport if his name had been changed, so he was almost certainly only “known as” Soetoro, rather than actually being Soetoro.<BR/><BR/>In any case, Indonesian law (even if it was identical to U.S. law in relation to name changes) had no bearing on his status in U.S. law unless special U.S. paperwork was prepared for him in Indonesia, so in my opinion Obama told it like it really WAS in law.<BR/><BR/><B>"Indonesian citizen"</B><BR/>The Indonesian citizenship claim is a non-issue because Obama wasn't in Indonesia long enough (5 years) to become a citizen.<BR/><BR/><B>"Adopted in Indonesia"</B><BR/>Impossible because he was over the cut-off point of 5 years of age for adoption in Indonesia when he arrived there.<BR/><BR/><B>"Lies about the above issues"</B><BR/>Nil:<BR/>(1) <B>Impossible</B> for him to have been a Muslim under religious law.<BR/>(2) <B>Impossible</B> to have been an Indonesian citizen.<BR/>(3) <B>Impossible</B> for him to have been adopted in Indonesia.<BR/>(4) <B>Impossible</B> to have a name change without exclusive use of a new name.<BR/><BR/><BR/>RayRayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13506001487681240603noreply@blogger.com