metroid composite posted...
I don't know about Maine, but the California one was weirdly worded, and had a lot of misinformation spread about it by attack ads.
I had a roommate who was supporting Prop 8 because he somehow thought opposing it meant teaching homosexuality in schools. This guy lived in San Francisco, and had me for a roommate (and to the best of my knowledge had no problems with me). If prop 8 had been worded "ban gay marriage" I assume he wouldn't have been so easily fooled, and would have opposed it.
This is a different situation--Obama gets to choose his own wording here, there's no twisting of words to mislead people.
The idiocy of your friend ought be blamed on no one else but him.
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