Outside the Beltway

As societal attitudes change, what counts as an insult so bad you can sue someone over it also changes.

Green Lantern is gay. The original Green Lantern. No, the other original Green Lantern.

An unsurprising decision on the Defense of Marriage.

Is President Obama’s announcement on same-sex marriage helping to create a change in opinion on the issue among African-Americans?

Republican politicians have largely avoided the topic of same-sex marriage since President Obama’s announcement. Why?

For years, I’ve used Loretta Lynn as an example of how fast societal mores have changed. It turns out that her marriage at age 13 may be a bit of myth making.

Marriage has always been an evolving institution.

Some Republicans see the light on same-sex marriage. Whether the party will listen is another question.

Rick Santorum is urging Mitt Romney to go all-in on opposition to same-sex marriage. Not surprisingly, this is bad advice.

Mitt Romney wimped out. Again.

Will Obama’s announcement on same-sex marriage benefit him or Romney in the upcoming campaign?

How the Vice-President’s comment’s on Meet The Press led to an historic Presidential announcement.

The same-sex marriage pivot that everyone was expecting has come.

Ruthlessly avoiding fights that aren’t worth the risk is shrewd leadership. But Romney still needs to show he can fight and win.

Based on the postmortems, it certainly seems like the Romney campaign threw Richard Grenell under the bus.

Should the United States Navy name a ship after martyred gay activist Harvey Milk? This is not a rhetorical question.

Some Marine women are going to Infantry Officers Course. Here’s how to make it work.

Weeks of bizarre talk about contraception and vaginal ultrasounds has surprisingly alienated women from the Republican Party.

The GOP seems to be backing away from a position on same-sex marriage that was a prominent part of its message only a short time ago.

Sure, he routinely uses gender-specific slurs against conservative women. But he’s not a misogynist!

Many on the right seem unwilling to condemn clearly offensive remarks by Rush Limbaugh

Another Federal Court rules in favor of marriage equality, and the biggest news is how unsurprising the outcome of the case is.

France is moving into the 1970s, phasing out titles which distinguish between married and unmarried women.

When it comes to same-sex marriage, the right is fighting a losing battle.

Foster Friess, Rick Santorum’s money guy, probably shouldn’t be his media guy.

Should we just hand “marriage” over to churches and have civil unions for everyone else?

A victory for proponents of same-sex marriage today in the Ninth Circuit.

Once again, the culture wars intrude into yet another area of life.

Barney Frank is marrying a dude, further proving just how gay he is.

Listing affiliation with gay activist groups hinders one’s chances of landing a job interview.

You think you’ve got it bad at work? Meet Trudy Nycole Anderson.

Marcia Anderson has become the first African American woman to be promoted to a two star general in the US Army.