The American Foundation for Equal Rights, which launched the historic ongoing federal court challenge to Proposition 8, today named Robert A. Levy, chairman of the libertarian Cato Institute, and John Podesta, President and CEO of the progressive Center for American Progress, as Co-chairs of the Foundation's Advisory Board.

Prop. 8 is the ballot initiative that eliminated equal marriage rights in California. The Foundation brought together attorneys Theodore Olson and David Boies to argue the case against it, Perry v. Schwarzenegger. Olson and Boies notably argued on opposing sides of the Bush v. Gore case that decided the presidency in 2000. Closing arguments in the case are scheduled for June 16.