"`` It appears that no rational purpose exists for limiting marriage in this state to opposite-sex partners , `` Kramer wrote . The judge wrote that the state 's historical definition of marriage , by itself , can not justify the denial of equal protection for gays and lesbians ."
"And it takes this long for the obvious to be said ... http : //story.news.yahoo.com/news ? tmp ... s/gay_marriage"
"It appears that no rational purpose exists for limiting marriage in this state to opposite-sex partners , `` Kramer wrote"
"And it takes this long for the obvious to be said ..."