A decision for a case on June 26, 2015 would help open America’s minds was brought to the Supreme Court. Obergefell v. Hodges was the case that declared it unconstitutional to discriminate against same sex couples.

The case involves James Obergefell and John Arthur James, after the couple was denied recognition of their legal marriage by their home state of Ohio. James and John were together for around 20 years, when they noticed John was losing with his mobility. He was diagnosed with ALS, a disease that would eventually take his ability to move.

The couple decided they wanted to bond their union and get married because they knew John’s wasn’t going to make it much longer. Since same sex marriage wasn’t allowed in their state, James had to fly to a state that it was legal in, Maryland. …show more content…
The case that started it all was Obergefell v. Kasich, which took place in Ohio. Obergefell was the plaintiff because he filed the lawsuit, and John Kasich was the defendant. Kasich was the defendant because he was the governor of ohio at the time. Eventually the defendant title was switched over to Richard Hodges who was Ohio’s Health Director.

During the time of the first case ALS claimed John’s life. And, the case didn’t end well either, Judge Black ruled against James and John because the law is the law, and he didn’t want to disagree with it.

At the time there was plenty of other court cases regarding equal rights for same-sex couples being brought to the Supreme Court. It was a pretty hot topic at the time. Deboer v. Snyder is a good example of one of these cases, Jane Deboer and Jayne Rowse lived in a state that made it illegal for them to adopt children together, so they took that to federal