...Just admit your claim doesn't hold water and it makes no difference who answered your question...
Translation: I can identify no substantive "facts" or "information" that would warrant such a change of mind.
No, it didn't.
...It is ridiculous to assume all those state Supreme Court rulings and legislative actions would not come without new and different opinions and viewpoints on the subject that persons with interest in the topic would not examine and analyse...
I did not ask about new articulations of opinion.
I asked for our colleague to back up his claim about new "facts" and "information" coming Obama's way, that he was not already aware of, in 2008.
Our colleague said that thinking men can change their minds, when new facts and information come their way.
I agree, in priniciple.
I then merely asked
WHAT new "fact" and "information" came Obama's way, that were sufficiently substantive, to warrant a sincere change of mind, versus 2008.
Given how much material you have at your disposal with all of those cases and opinions, surely you (or whatshizname) can come up with something substantive.
And, given that we have no readily identifiable "fact" or "information" that easily springs to your mind, to insert into the discussion, we must assume, therefore, that none is now forthcoming.
And, if none is forthcoming, then, the challenge has not been met, and the rock-solid theory or premise does not apply in this particular instance.
Translation: Obama lied about his position in 2008, and bided his time, until more favorable conditions began to prevail, to make it safe, to articulate his true opinion in public.
...Your contention that nothing happened to changed Obama's outlook is just silly...
Oh, something happened, alright.
The wind changed, and Fearless Lader changed with the wind.
Moral Relativism, at the very top.
Scary stuff.
...If nothing else he saw which way the wind was blowing. That doesn't take a weatherman.
Your Honor, the Prosecution rests.