The Washington Post has an in-depth feature story on Cincinnati's Jim Obergefell, whose name is attached to the consolidated cases the U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing soon to decide whether gay couples have a constitutional right to marry.
“If the Supreme Court decides in favor of full marriage equality, it will be the largest conferral of rights on LGBT people in the history of our country," the story quotes Fred Sainz, vice president of communications at the Human Rights Campaign. "There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that Jim will become a historic figure."
Obergefell married John Arthur in July 2013 in a medical jet at Baltimore-Washington International Airport because Ohio doesn't allow gay marriages while Maryland does. Arthur was dying from ALS and would pass several months later. Obergefell sued the state of Ohio to have his name listed as Arthur's surviving spouse, and the decisions and appeals resulting from that lawsuit have now reached the Supreme Court as
Obergefell v. Hodges.
Read the full story here.
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