re: #219 celticdragon

An awful lot of weight is given to ‘findings of fact’, and the judge really covered the bases with that when he decided to have a full blown trial with witnesses. The prop 8 defense was laughably inept, and it was painfully shocking to read the daily transcripts as their one and only “expert” witness was torn to pieces by Boise on the stand. The judge makes an almost snarky observation how the prop 8 people refused to call any other witnesses and claimed they were afraid of the scary gays and public exposure…even after the SCOTUS cut off live camera feed.

There are no other witnesses or evidence that will be introduced in appeals, and the 9th Circuit will only overturn findings of fact if they are clearly wrong. That is remote in the extreme, since the Prop 8 defense shot themselves in both feet and then reloaded for more.

When the law is on your side, argue the law. When the facts are on your side, argue the facts. When neither the law nor the facts are on your side, claim to be afraid of violent gay people.