He didn't call for faith to inspire public policy; in fact, he stated flatly, "I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute".
Throughout Verrilli's presentation, Scalia seemed to be the lone unambiguous supporter of the Stolen Valor Act, going so far as to declare flatly, "I believe that there is no First Amendment value in falsehood".
You suspect old Payne would flatly refuse to believe Mickelson's fate, if only we could figure out a way to get the utterly preposterous story through to him.
I've turned up at a conference to give a keynote speech, only for the chap doing the IT to flatly refuse to believe I was the keynote speaker, because Professor Scott is a man.
Although some students flatly refused to believe it, many were simply surprised to have it explained to them.
And inevitably, there were a few committed creationists who flatly refused to believe any explanation for human origins other than the story of Adam and Eve, so could not abide any discussion of evolution at all.
David Plouffe, the Uber policy executive and former Obama campaign manager, said at an event in Seattle this year that the proposed law was "generally believed to be flatly illegal".
"With a week to go, Leave have outgunned Remain with a series of arguments on immigration and money that are often believed despite being flatly denied by the other side," Ben Page, the chief executive of Ipsos MORI, told Reuters.
"I think the ordinance is puzzling because it's generally believed to be flatly illegal," Plouffe told the Seattle business leaders.
Asked if he believed D'Antoni would use him, Curry said flatly: "If he said it.
