Outside the Beltway

In an ideal world, we would be more tolerant of leaders who held controversial positions. We don’t live in that world.

The CEO of Mozilla resigned today amid controversy over his position on same-sex marriage. The triumph of “political correctness,” or just the will of the marketplace?

Another liberal legal scholar is calling on Justice Ginsburg to resign. She’s unlikely to listen to them.

Young voters reject political parties to a greater extent than other voters, but on policy issues they trend Democratic

Ellen Page is gay. So is Michael Sam. Shouldn’t we be aiming for the day when the response to news like this is “So what?”

Another Circuit Court finds that the Second Amendment protects a right to carry a weapon in public.

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 bizarre conservative love affair with Vladimir Putin continues.

Kevin Faulconer proves that Republicans can win in California, but not if they follow the path laid out by the party’s far right wing.

Once again, Rush Limbaugh panders to the most pernicious of the right side of American politics.

The fight for marriage equality takes another step forward.

Michael Sam is gay.It didn’t matter to his University of Missouri teammates. Will it matter to the NFL?

Some perspective from Sochi.

About 1,000 same-sex couples married in Utah before the Supreme Court stay find themselves in an odd legal limbo.

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.

Vladimir Putin seems to be getting a lot of love from cultural conservatives in the United States.

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

A 17th state legalizes gay marriage. There’s no turning back.

A Federal District Court Judge struck down part of Utah’s law against polygamy brought by the stars of TLC’s “Sister Wives.”

The Tea Party hit another new polling low, but that really shouldn’t be much of a surprise.

Millenials don’t seem very concerned about signing up for ObamaCare, and they’re not very thrilled with Obama at the moment either.

A State Department announcement about consolidation of diplomatic posts in Rome has led to the latest round of Obama Derangement Syndrome.

The Supreme Court has agreed to hear a pair of cases that implicates both the First Amendment and two Federal Laws.

When worlds collide.

The state where the same-sex marriage battle began is just days away from legalizing same-sex marriage.

The Employment Non-Discrimination Act passed the Senate yesterday but it’s unlikely to go much further.

The battle for marriage equality has scored a number of victories in a short period of time, but that’s about to change.

Chris Christie did as well as expected last night, but that’s just the beginning.