Outside the Beltway

Is support for marriage equality now an issue that can benefit Democrats at the polls?

And Pennsylvania makes it 19.

Yet another Federal Judge has struck down a state’s ban on same-sex marriage.

A 13 month string of legal victories for marriage equality reaches Oregon.

Another victory for marriage equality.

A partial victory, but a victory nonetheless.

The string of victories for same-sex marriage continues as a Federal Judge rules that the Commonwealth of Kentucky must recognize out-of-state same-sex marriages.

Another victory for marriage equality. This time from the state that gave us the Supreme Court’s landmark decision on interracial marriage.

The fight for marriage equality takes another step forward.

For the time being at least, same-sex marriage is once again banned in Utah.

The year that will soon ended will go down in history as the year that the same-sex marriage debate changed forever.

Same-sex marriage remains the law of the land in one of the most conservative states in the nation, at least unless the Supreme Court says otherwise.

A limited ruling out of Ohio with wide ranging implications.

A victory for same-sex marriage in an unlikely place.

Fifty years after the Stand in the Schoolhouse door, there’s another standoff with recalcitrant states on civil rights.

Chris Christie’s decision to take a tactical retreat on the issue of same-sex marriage raises some interesting questions for 2016.

The argument that the Roberts Court has been overly “activist” does not hold up to examination.

An historic same-sex marriage ruling out of New Jersey.

President Obama has decided not to enforce a law. This is most unusual and somewhat disturbing.

The IRS will allow all married gay couples to file joint returns, but that still leaves couples in most of the country with more hoops to jump through.

Down in Alabama, the Stupid Party is being particularly stupid.

Until this year, being gay could get you kicked out of the military. Now, it comes with perks.

A major ruling on recognition of same-sex marriages out of Ohio.

The marriage equality battle is entering its next phase.

The future legal impact of the Supreme Court’s ruling striking down the Defense of Marriage was on full display in two cases out of Michigan.

People are looking to New Jersey as the next same-sex marriage battleground, but it’s not going to be an easy fight.

Faster than many expected, same-sex marriage became the law again in California late yesterday.

The Supreme Court’s handling of standing in the two same-sex marriage cases likely seems contradictory to many outside observers.

Secretary of Defense Chuck Hagel has wasted no time issuing a full-throated statement endorsing today’s DOMA ruling

Absent DOMA, the Full Faith and Credit Clause would seem to make gay marriage legal across the land.

On the whole, a complete victory for advocates of same-sex marriage today at the Supreme Court.

It’s going to be another eventful month for the Supreme Court.

A case from Missouri provides an excellent example of why it matters that states forbid people who love each other from being married.

Social conservatives are seeing their clout slip away, but there’s not much they can do about it.