The court first needed to determine whether homosexuality was a suspect or quasi-suspect class which would entitle gays and lesbians to stricter protection. The court found that gay persons have been subjected to and stigmatized by a long history of purposeful and invidious discrimination.
During the northern hemisphere winter solstice, the Sun's incoming rays are perpendicular to the Tropic of Capricorn at 23.5 degrees south latitude. The Sun's path is the lowest above the horizon in locations north of the equator, and these regions experience the shortest day of the year.
Here's what you need to know about this event. The Earth's orientation relative to the sun at the summer solstice, with the most direct solar radiation over the Tropic of Cancer. (NASA) First of all, note that the Earth spins on an axis tilted 23.5 degrees from the Earth's orbit around the sun.