The Oregon man didn't steal the dead kid's birth certificate. He obtained it legally via Ohio's public records law.

but used it illegally.

Could've been worse. He could've been GAY!

Me would have been more sympathetic with Melissa's ex if she were someone whom could write in english.

@4: Dude, that was poetry. You get to be questionable literate, so long as it's done under the rubric of poetry.

Sheesh. Crones these days.