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Old 03-05-2009, 05:10 PM   #34
Jeff Lebowski
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Originally Posted by Levin View Post
This is a "heads we win, tails you lose" situation. The anti-Prop 8 folks campaigned as if the proposition was legitimate prior to the election. They lost, and now they say it was an illegitimate revision of the Constitution.

Any legal argument will be used to achieve the desired ends. The lack of consistency shows there's no integrity in their legal reasoning or arguments.
That's a copout. When the issue is on the ballot, they have to campaign against it whether they believe it is legitimate or not. Any other strategy diverting energy away from mobilizing votes on the ballot would have been incredibly foolish.
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