This is a big deal, precisely because it wasn't much of a big deal at all:

The Senate made history on Tuesday by voting to confirm Todd Hughes to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

Hughes, who was confirmed 98 to 0, is the nation's first openly gay circuit judge. He has been a deputy director in the civil division of the Justice Department since 2007.

How long until we have the first openly gay Supreme Court justice?