California's Marriage Law Is Irrational

A California trial-court judge has ruled that California's marriage laws -- which define marriage as between one man and one woman -- are unconstitutional, under the California Constitution's equal-protection clause.  In the judge's view, the distinctions drawn and classifications created in the laws "do not rationally relate to a legitimate state purpose. . . .  [N]o rational purpose exists for limiting marriage in this State to opposite sex partners."

Rick