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.
Under the tropic zodiac, the sun transits this area on average between October 24 and November 22, and under the sidereal zodiac, the sun currently transits the constellation of Scorpius from approximately October 23 to November 25.