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American Foundation for Equal Rights

Read the latest news about the American Foundation for Equal Rights, a nonprofit organization that was founded to support the plaintiffs in Hollingsworth v. Perry and help overturn Proposition 8 in California. The American Foundation for Equal Rights is a sponsor of the play 8, written by Academy Award winner Dustin Lance Black, one of the organization's board members, which depicts the trial. Find out more about AFER and other groups that help further the LGBT rights movement in the United States.

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Marriage Equality

WATCH: After the Marriage Equality Machines Power Down

With marriage won across the country and only a few lingering holdouts left, marriage equality advocates are turning their attention to the next big story.

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Marriage Equality

WATCH: Utah Asks Supreme Court to Stop Same-Sex Marriages

Utah's attorney general has filed an emergency request for a stay of a December ruling that brought marriage equality to Utah.

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Current Issue

Who Is The Movement's Overlooked MLK?

In the search for the movement’s Martin Luther King, have we overlooked ourselves?

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Marriage Equality

Prop. 8 Legal Team Sets Sights on Va. Marriage Ban

Ted Olson and David Boies, the bipartisan legal team that successfully argued against California's Proposition 8 at the Supreme Court, have signed on to a federal challenge to Virginia's ban on marriage equality.

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Marriage Equality

California Supreme Court Won't Stop Gay Weddings

Official proponents of California's Proposition 8 had filed an emergency petition asking the state's highest court to halt the issuing of marriage licenses to same-sex couples. The court denied that request Monday afternoon.

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Neal Broverman

Op-ed: F Bombs, C Terms, and Other Words With Friends

Words matter and keeping up with their changing nature is part of being alive, so study up on "cisgender" and stop dropping "queen" like you're Alec Baldwin.

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Marriage Equality

Sunday! Sunday! Sunday! Watch Three Must-See Marriage Equality Debates

In the wake of two historic rulings from the Supreme Court and the restoration of marriage equality in California, pro-equality attorneys, activists, and anchors took to the airwaves Sunday to defend their victories.

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Marriage Equality

COURT LIFTS STAY: CALIFORNIANS CAN MARRY NOW

A U.S. appeals court's action today lets same-sex marriages begin.

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Marriage Equality

In 5 Years, Marriage Equality In All 50 States?

LGBT organizations around the nation lauded today's landmark victories at the Supreme Court and stressed the work yet to be done to ensure full federal equality for LGBT Americans.

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Marriage Equality

SUPREME COURT ISSUES LANDMARK LGBT RULINGS

The Supreme Court made history today by deciding two landmark cases on LGBT equality today with far-reaching implications.

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Politics

The History of Prop 8

As we await the U.S. Supreme Court's decisions regarding marriage equality, AFER has produced a video chronicling the case of Prop 8.