[txhurl]

When Stan and her Mom presented Obama for a Hawaii BC, they probably couldn’t produce enough witnesses of a live home birth there (since he wasn’t born there), so the hospital couldn’t attest to any of the things that go on a BC (birth weight, length, etc).

Hence the certificate of live birth.

[fatima]

The hospital submits the birth to state.To get a passport you submit to the state and they issue an official birth certificate that is on record.If you were born at home you submit baptismal certificate.That's here in Pa.