State X passes legislation that requires that unless a mother of children under the age of 7 is found to be unfit,custody in divorce proceedings should be awarded to the mother and not the father.If this statute is challenged,the court will:
A) not defer to the legislature and will independently determine whether such a classification of persons is constitutionally permissible.
B) determine that fundamental rights and a suspect classification are involved in this legislation.
C) only require that the legislation conceivably bear some rational relationship to a legitimate governmental interest.
D) review the legislation to see if it bears a substantial relationship to an important governmental objective.

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The legislation in question involves a gender-based classification, which courts scrutinize using intermediate scrutiny. This means that the government must show that the law serves an important governmental objective, and that the means chosen to achieve that objective are substantially related to that objective. Therefore, the court will review the legislation to see if it bears a substantial relationship to an important governmental objective.

State X Passes Legislation That Requires That Unless a Mother