Outside the Beltway

The Supreme Court sided with an anti-gay website designer.

They join DC and San Francisco.

Here we go again.

Facial recognition technology and its uses.

Unlimited dialog makes conversations harder.

A wedding venue in Mississippi is citing religious beliefs in support of its decision not to allow an interracial couple to utilize their facilities.

The Washington State Supreme Court has ruled against a Seattle-area florist who refused to provide flowers for a same-sex wedding.

An Oregon state agency is suggesting that Walmart’s decision to restrict arms sales to bar people under 21, but over 18, from being able to purchase firearms violates state law.

Congressman Keith Ellison won his party’s nomination for Minnesota Attorney General notwithstanding last-minute allegations of abuse against a former girlfriend.

The Supreme Court declined, for now, to hear the appeal of a Washington state florist who declined to provide services for a same-sex wedding. The issues it raises, though, are likely to return to the Court in the future.

In an exceedingly narrow ruling, the Supreme Court sided with a Colorado baker who refused to bake a cake for a same-sex wedding reception. However, the ruling did not address the broader issues raised by the case.

Is it legal for retail businesses to restrict gun sales based on age? The short answer appears to be yes.

Another big change for the Boy Scouts.

Previewing the next term of the Supreme Court, which starts today.

The Washington State Supreme Court has ruled against a florist who refused to provide services for a same-sex wedding.

A woman discharged from the Marine Corps for violating multiple direct orders is fighting to the highest military court.

Indiana’s RFRA will be amended to address most of the concerns of its opponents. That counts as a victory.

We’re down to debating whether bigots should have to sell cakes to gay people.

Indiana is about to become the latest state to grants special rights to religious business owners.

The City of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho will not force two Christian ministers to open their wedding chapel business to same-sex wedding ceremonies.

A collision between marriage equality and religious liberty, but it seems clear that religious liberty should win this one.

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

A case out of New Mexico presents an interesting collision of First Amendment rights and anti-discrimination values.

The latest round of the Chick-fil-A controversy is perhaps the most absurd yet.

A recent decision out of Massachusetts threatens to make business quite difficult for online service providers.