I haven't read the whole thread so I apologize if this has been covered.
I think it could be an issue other than legality.
For instance, the BC could list that he is a Muslim. If it does, it's on there because his father was a Muslim, and that's only logical. The easy answer is to say that many people may have a certain religious denomination on their BC that they don't/never did practice. That would be fine.
But, since he chose to hide it, he can't go that route, because he'd be questioned as to why he did. So he'd be stuck and it would damage him further.
There's something there he doesn't want public.
IF this is the case -
then obama is legally president, and has zero responsibility to publish it. If we have nothing more than rabid repubs, screaming "look, it says muslim on it!".... then they want it solely for political gain.
if that's the case, why would obama hand them 5 million votes by publishing it? They're NOT going to say "ok, he lives here, let's move on".
Nope.
They're going to look for anything that points muslim, then they'll talk about that for the next 2 years.
So while I think his ass WAS BORN IN KENYA... i also think the repubs screaming abuot it want it so they can beat him in 2012 not because he's legal/illegal, but because they want to let their 527's scream bout "look, he's a muslim" over and over.