Chad Griffin and Kristina Schake were each named today to the Board of Directors of the American Foundation for Equal Rights, an Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization dedicated to protecting and advancing equal rights for every American.

Actor/director Rob Reiner, children’s advocate Michelle Singer Reiner, producer Bruce Cohen and writer and director Dustin Lance Black were also named to the Board. Griffin will serve as the organization’s first Board President.

The Foundation’s first project is a federal court challenge to California’s Proposition 8, which eliminated marriage rights for same sex couples. Led by attorneys Theodore B. Olson and David Boies, two of the nation’s most preeminent constitutional lawyers, the suit states that Proposition 8 creates a class of “second-class citizens” and thereby violates the U.S. Constitution.

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With just three weeks to go before the 2008 election, Griffin|Schake was called in by the No on Proposition 8 campaign to develop new messaging and produce a series of ads to challenge the Yes campaigns most effective messages and sharply narrow the polling gap.

Griffin|Schake secured the participation of Senator Dianne Feinstein and State Superintendent Jack O’Connell for these ads below.

In addition to producing these ads, Griffin|Schake raised more than $5 million for the No campaign through fundraisers in New York and Los Angeles that drew support from Brad Pitt, Rob Reiner, Steve Bing, Ron Burkle, Mary J. Blige, Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and New York Governor David Patterson.

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