Six justices ruled that that employers can no longer discriminate against employees “merely for being gay or transgender. The Supreme Court has ruled it illegal to fire a worker because of their sexual orientation or gender identity. The vote was 6-3.

Breaking news: the plaintiffs in the Prop 8 case have filed their brief before the US Supreme Court. It's an incredible record of the case so far, and a preview of the argument they'll make next month when they appear before the court. Let's run through the brief and take a look at some of the highl...

Texas lawmakers vote this week on whether the state should officially defy the Supreme Court's ruling on marriage. Alabama and Minnesota are debating bills to undermine marriage equality. At least one presidential candidate seems to think that if elected he could veto the Supreme Court. But a new s...

The US Supreme Court will be arguing the case of Proposition 8 and represents the culminationAFER's work: The opportunity to defend our two prior victories before the highest court in the country. Now it all comes down to two fundamental American freedoms: equal protection and due process under the ...

The cast of Broadway’s Freestyle Love Supreme performs “Tonight Show Pet Peeves,” a completely improvised rap song for the Tonight Show audience.

Kristin Perry & Sandy Stier, plaintiffs before the Supreme Court, fought for this day! Congrats to the beautiful couple! First gay marriage in California after they were halted by Prop. 8.

The Supreme Court has struck down the Defense of Marriage Act providing equal rights to same sex marriages in more than one thousand federal government programs including taxation and health care. The Court also ruled Against Proposition 8 on the basis that they can not take the challenge to Califor...

The argument is overwhelming that there is a federal constitutional right to marry a person that you love. And 36 states have held that. Seventy percent of the American people now live in a state that has constitutional or statutory marriage equality. And the history of the Supreme Court is a histor

Hi, Is This Jim? President Obama calls Jim Obergefell on live television to congratulate him on the historic Supreme Court decision in his case that bore his name, that will finally allow same-sex marriage across our country.

In Loving Memory. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg has passed away at the age of 87. The cause was metastatic pancreatic cancer. Over the years, the Forward collected some remarkable stories of Ginsburg’s life, as they related both to her story judicial career and her status as a pop cultur