When Justin Mikita got engaged to his boyfriend, actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson, the two knew they wanted to do something to ensure every American had the freedom to marry the person they love.

The U.S. Supreme Court will discuss whether to hear AFER’s federal constitutional challenge to California’s Proposition 8 at its private Conference on Friday, November 30.

In this week's episode of Marriage News Watch: Big wins for marriage from coast to coast, and not just in the major battleground states. Plus, major news is due in the case to overturn Prop 8.

Voters in Maine, Maryland and Washington approved marriage equality initiatives. Here’s when gay and lesbian couples can get married in each state:

In Maine, Maryland, Minnesota and Washington, campaigns based on the same anti-gay playbook used to pass California's Proposition 8 in 2008 have attempted to sway voters using nothing but fear and prejudice.

NOM's latest propaganda piece is an attractive “Marriage 101” video that includes claims that NOM knows are not true – claims that AFER’s all-star legal team expertly debunked during the 2010 federal district court trial of Prop. 8.

For the second time, a federal appeals court has ruled that the so-called Defense of Marriage Act is unconstitutional, saying that the law unfairly treats married gay and lesbian couples differently.

The United States Supreme Court now is considering two types of cases that deal with marriage for gay and lesbian couples. AFER explains what they have in common and how they are different.

Two new anti-gay ads just started running in Maine this week. AFER corrects the claims in these commercials by using the testimony from the Prop 8 trial.

Big news still coming from the United State Supreme Court on the Prop 8 case. Plus: major advances in some of the other challenges to state and federal bans on the freedom to marry.