American Foundation for Equal Rights board member and actor Rob Reiner appeared on Morning Joe today to talk about the federal challenge to Proposition 8 and Dustin Lance Black's play 8, which dramatizes the court case and has a one-night-only debut at a Broadway benefit tonight.
Says Reiner: "There is one community in America that is not regarded as equal under the law, and that is the gay community, so we feel that this is the last piece of the civil rights puzzle being put into place."
Reiner plays David Blankenhorn in the reading.
Watch Reiner talk about how Black tackled the play, the need for equal rights, bigotry, and the ongoing case, AFTER THE JUMP…
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