We Can't Wait for Equality

AFER's legal team, led by Theodore B. Olson and David Boies, is asking the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to lift the stay and allow marriages to take place immediately. And we are asking the California Supreme Court to hear oral arguments on the issue of standing by the end of May. Help us show that real people are being hurt every moment that Prop. 8 remains in effect. Add your name to the list o...

American Foundation for Equal Rights • Feb 24, 2011

American Foundation for Equal Rights Names Robert Levy and John Podesta Advisory Board Co-Chairs

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...

American Foundation for Equal Rights • Jun 8, 2010