Outside the Beltway

The US Supreme Court has ruled 5-4 that the U.S. Constitution contains a right to same-sex marriage.

Americans are growing more tolerant of gays and gay marriage, with irrelevant exceptions.

This is perhaps the silliest idea ever.

Does an individual’s changed gender identity alter history?

Ray Mabus is trying to make serving in the Navy and Marine Corps more attractive to women.

House Republicans are set to vote on a bill banning abortion in almost all cases after twenty weeks. What they can’t do is explain where the Constitution gives Congress the power to do this.

Carly Fiorina, who flopped at Hewlett-Packard and in her lone previous political campaign, wants to be the leader of the free world.

The “racism” debate brought about by Barack Obama in 2000 is getting a spin-off.

A federal judge has ordered the people of California to foot the $100,000 bill for sexual reassignment surgery for someone serving a life sentence for murder.

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

Oregon Secretary of State Kate Brown (D) will become the first openly bisexual governor in U.S. history when Gov. John Kitzhaber (D) resigns Wednesday

Justice Ginsburg acknowledges the fact that, over the past nineteen years, same-sex marriage has gone from something that most Americans oppose to something that most Americans are willing to accept.

Another setback for the radical fringe of the “pro-life” movement,

Apple CEO Tim Cook has officially revealed an open secret.

To a large degree, the Democratic Party’s supposed advantage among women voters appears to not exist this year.

Heather Havrilesky asks, “Why Are Americans So Fascinated With Extreme Fitness?

Does the seriousness of a crime vary depending on the gender of the parties involved?

The firing actually hurts Janay Rice much more than it does Ray.

Two prominent Republican groups point out the blindingly obvious.

Once again, we are reminded that the fact that people feel strongly about an issue does not mean it’s one that will cause them to get out and vote.

The Hobby Lobby decision could end up motivating women voters to turn out to vote against Republicans in the fall.

It appears that the GOP still has a problem communicating with women.

Just in time for the midterms, Todd Akin is back to remind voters of the GOP’s problems with female voters.