HAWAII: Birthers Blocked From Requesting Obama's Birth Certificate

Hawaii has passed a law authorizing state agencies to ignore repeated requests for President Obama's birth certificate.

The law is aimed at so-called "birthers," who claim Obama is ineligible to be president. They contend the Democratic president was born outside the United States, and therefore doesn't meet a constitutional requirement for being president. Gov. Lingle didn't elaborate on her reasons for signing the bill, but state Health Director Dr. Chiyome Fukino previously issued statements saying that she's seen vital records that prove Obama was born in Hawaii and is a natural-born American citizen. Both Fukino and the state registrar of vital statistics have verified that the Health Department holds Obama's original birth certificate.

As you might expect, birthers are claiming that Obama forced the state to pass the bill.