He simultaneously argued that the debate was being maliciously misconstrued by the national media, noting that many other states have also passed RFRA laws and that a federal one is currently on the books.
In their defense, US tobacco companies typically disputed that there was a causal relationship between smoking and disease, and simultaneously argued that consumers voluntarily assumed the known risks associated with smoking [ 164] (a stance Philip Morris still maintains in court, even as it claims on its website to agree that smoking causes disease) [ 165].
Carey wants to invoke the legal definition of marriage as immutable, while simultaneously arguing that nobody has the right to define marriage.
I asked him how he could simultaneously argue that the bank should stop lending to corrupt countries and become more involved in Iraq, which now trails only Haiti in some rankings of the most corrupt countries on earth.
It seems hard to simultaneously argue that Scotland can be better off alone and that it needs to depend on a foreign central bank to come to its rescue in times of trouble.
It has become difficult to take seriously an editorial page that argues that in the wake of the attacks on our country, missile defense is less relevant while simultaneously arguing that campaign finance reform is "more important than ever" (editorial, Oct. 16).
You can campaign, as the Tea Party has done, on promises never to increase the nation's debt limit, but you cannot simultaneously argue that Mr Obama has been reckless with the nation's finances, while also propelling the most reckless act of all – the day (theoretically next Thursday) when the government will have to delay, or prioritise, the payment of US Treasury bills.
In the book, I simultaneously argue that the corrupting influence of partisanship (on both the religious left and religious right) helps explain at least some of institutional Christianity's post-1960s decline, and that Christians cannot simply be apolitical and leave partisan controversies alone, which would seem like the obvious way to avoid such corruption entirely.
Bigelow and screenwriter Mark Boal have undertaken a two-pronged defense of the film, simultaneously arguing that the movie is true to history and also a work of art.
In a recent editorial, The New York Times columnist David Brooks skewered the character of Republican front-runner Donald Trump while simultaneously arguing that many of his supporters "deserve respect.
Avenatti, on Twitter, wondered how Trump could simultaneously argue that he had nothing to do with Clifford while also suing her for millions for talking about it.
