There's so much happening in politics right now.

So red wine and blue is here to ask, okay, but why?

My late husband John and I were together for almost 21 years before he passed away as a result of the complications of ALS.

And when the man I loved and cared for passed away,

the state of Ohio, the state in which I've lived, worked and paid taxes for most of my life,

continued to fight my right to list my name on John's death certificate. But most importantly,

I'd like to thank John for loving me, for making me a better man,

and for giving me something worth fighting for.

I love you.

This is for you, John.

That's Jim Obergefell.

In June of 2015, the Supreme Court made history by ruling that Jim and other same-sex couples deserve the right to have their marriages legally recognized, not just in a few states, but across the country.

Before the court ruled on his case, Obergefell v. Hodges, gay couples could get married in 36 states.

But Jim's home state of Ohio wouldn't recognize his marriage, so he joined several other same-sex couples in a lawsuit that eventually worked its way up to the Supreme Court.

The justices ruled five to four that state gay marriage bans are a

violation of the 14th Amendment's Equal Protection Clause, which basically means that all people

across the country deserve to have the same rights. It was a huge win, one that was celebrated

by people across the country in an epic end to Pride Month 2015.

It's strange to think that only happened 10 years ago.

Same-sex couples across the country have only had the right to marry the person they love

since the year of Jurassic World and the first run of Hamilton, and that dress on the internet that nobody could agree was blue and black or white and gold.

And it was only 11 years before that, in 2004,

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