A federal court decided for the first time that American Samoans are US citizens by birth, not “US Nationals.” The reason this is important is that this unique distinction is the reason why the 2015 Supreme Court decision for equal marriage has not been applied toAmerican Samoa. We shall ...
Each birth and death is publically identified by clan affiliation in a public document. That affiliation lasts the lifetime of the individual and is not altered by marriage. A marriage partner must be selected Islanders with a tame frigate bird for catching fish. Almost all food is imported,...
Benedict had in fact already made similar points in several places: "Address to the Bishops of South Africa, Botswana, Swaziland, Namibia, and Lesotho," 10 June 2005; "Interview on the Way to Bavaria," 5 August 2006; "Address to the Ambassador of Namibia to the Holy See," 13 December ...