Outside the Beltway

The race for Virginia Governor turned out to be much closer than many predicted, but that should not be a surprise.

Legislation to ban discrimination in employment against gays and lesbians is set to make major gains in the Senate.

Polls in Virginia don’t open for another 48 hours or so, but the end result has become fairly apparent when you look at the polls.

For some same-sex couples with a military spouse, living together on base is proving difficult to implement quickly.

Looking at Chris Christie as he interacts with voters in New Jersey offers a glimpse of just how he could succeed in a 2016 GOP nomination fight.

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

And New Jersey makes fourteen, officially.

The Richmond Times-Dispatch has endorsed “none of the above” for governor of Virginia.

And New Jersey makes 14.

The issue of same-sex marriage is likely to be resolved in New Jersey by early next year.

To borrow a phrase from Stephen Colbert, if you want to understand how Congress works, you better know a District.

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

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.

Three counties in New Mexico are under orders to issue licenses to same-sex couples.

Once, against Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg makes it clear she isn’t going anywhere.

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

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.

Some conservatives don’t seem too troubled by Vladimir Putin’s repression.

Would conservatives learn a lesson if they got everything they wanted in 2016?

One of the nation’s papers of record is changing owners for the first time in 80 years.

The architect of President Obama’s re-election campaign is going to work for the Tories.

Conservatives are doing what the criticized JournoList for doing—even though JournoList didn’t.

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

Potential trouble for Virginia’s Republican nominee for Governor.

A new poll shows public approval for the Supreme Court nearing a all-time low.

The marriage equality battle is entering its next phase.

Liberal leaders want Ruth Bader Ginsburg to retire so President Obama can appoint her successor. She wants to hang around another decade.

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.