Jim Obergefell never planned to sue the state of Ohio, but his love for his husband drove him to become a pioneer for LGBTQ+ rights.

The plaintiff in the Supreme Court’s landmark same-sex marriage case urges LGBTQ advocates not to be complacent. Jim Obergefell, 58, at his home in Sandusky, Ohio, on June 15.

Jim Obergefell and John Arthur, an Ohio couple, married in Maryland in 2013 due to Ohio's same-sex marriage ban. Their case, *Obergefell v. Hodges*, led to the 2015 Supreme Court decision legalizing ...