Jim Obergefell wanted one thing: for the state of Ohio to recognize his marriage to John Arthur, who was dying of ALS. They had flown to Maryland to marry because Ohio would not let them. When John died, Ohio refused to list Jim as his surviving spouse on the death certificate. The case went all the way to the Supreme Court, where Justice Kennedy wrote that the Constitution guarantees same-sex couples the right to marry in all fifty states. This is the story of Obergefell v. Hodges.