Birthers unmoved

The theories about President Barack Obama's birth — as we reported last week — have evolved over time from the idea that he was a Muslim to the modern incarnation that he was smuggled into the U.S. from Kenya. With the release of his long-form birth certificate today, they've evolved again.

Phil Berg, who filed one of the original birther lawsuits, now believes that Obama was adopted by his Indonesian father and lost his U.S. citizenship:

"I think the issue is that he's not any more natural born. I don't care if he releases his birth certificate or whatever," said Berg. "Let's see his records coming back through immigration."

Orly Taitz, once called 'Queen of the birthers' and who was responsible for a number of lawsuits, is verifying the document'sSENIOR MOMENTS: Pastor Melvin Fujikawa and Marsha Aizumi

On Friday, April 20, a group of Melvin’s friends and other supporters met at the Asian Pacific AIDS Intervention Health Center on Olympic. Asian Pacific Islander Equality LA hosted a buffet dinner for the event. Friends from Evergreen Baptist Church (LA) included Ray Waung, who introduced Melvin, and Bonnie Tang, who emceed.

Melvin came out publicly through an interview I did with him last November. He spends most of his time in San Francisco, but is down in Torrance on occasion looking in on his parents. He has been a part of the Gay Men’s Choir in San Francisco. Melvin enjoys the singing as well as the feeling of belonging he gets being together with other gay men.

Melvin says he has known