Thursday, April 14, 2011

Senate in Arizonia Passes Law that Presidential Candidates are Required to have a Birth Certificate... or - baring that - no foreskin

Really kids, you can't make this shit up.  (Law here: paragraph commented on is 2.B.1.a.)
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I quote from the Phoneix New Times...

The Arizona Senate formally passed the "Birther Bill" today, but not in its original version.
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Apparently, requiring presidential candidates to provide a long-form birth certificate before allowing their names on the ballot in Arizona -- despite it already being a federal requirement to run for president -- was a bit too much for a few GOP lawmakers. So they made some amendments: if you can't find your birth certificate, and you have a penis, a document describing your lack of foreskin will suffice.
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A circumcision certificate -- a document given to the parents of a male Jewish child after his foreskin is snipped off during a circumcision ceremony -- is not a legal document (see an example of one here) but if you have one, under the amended bill, it's apparently enough to prove you're a U.S. citizen and your name can be permitted on the ballot in Arizona.