A California federal judge just provided the very definition of arrogance, in ruling that Proposition 8, the California law codifying marriage as between a man and a woman, lacked even a “rational basis” and was therefore unconstitutional under the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment.  So much for the beliefs that created Western civilization.  So much for the traditions of all human societies, none of which have ever recognized “gay marriage” before now.  What is the accumulated wisdom of mankind, not to mention the will of the voters of California, next to the musings of an unelected federal judge?