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Dustin Lance Black and Jennifer Chrisler Take advantage of Reiner and Chad Griffin speak at Family Equality dinner. Just days following a federal appellate court ruling overturned Proposition 8, the timing could not happen to be better for your loved ones Equality Council to recognition among the key figures within the fight: political consultant Chad Griffin, co-founding father of the American Foundation for Equal Privileges."We filed this (suit) not just to win within the court docket but to win in the courtroom of public opinion," Griffin told the heavens, same-sex parents and inventive types who filled a Universal Galleries theater Saturday. Among individuals within the crowd were Jesse Tyler Ferguson, Eric Stonestreet, Dustin Lance Black, Max Mutchnick, Erik Hyman and Ryan Murphy, together with the litigants within the situation, Kris Perry and Sandy Stier and Paul Katami and Shaun Zarrillo."We're running the final leg from the civil-privileges race," stated Take advantage of Reiner, Griffin's longtime client who assisted hatch the thought of dealing with Prop. 8 in the federal level. Also honored were former Repetition. Patrick Murphy and children's book author Todd Parr. Contact Ted Manley at ted.manley@variety.com