So a couple of weeks ago,
I went over to the Supreme Court for the centennial birthday of a gay rights pioneer,
Frank Kameny.
This is Marissa Lang.
She's a reporter for The Post who covers the D.C. region.
It was gray and rainy and cold,
but there were still like 100 people on the front steps of the high court to commemorate what would have been Kameny's 100th birthday.
Kameny was the first openly gay person to seek a congressional seat in the history of the United States.
And standing there was a gentleman who I recognized.
He was wearing glasses and a rainbow bow tie and getting ready to join the march around the front steps of the court.
Hello.
Hi. Marissa Lang from The Washington Post.
Hi, Marissa.
Hi. We were wondering if we could steal a few minutes of your time today.
How are you?
I recognized him because he's been in the news before.
I'm Jim Obergefell, the named plaintiff from Obergefell v. Hodges,
the landmark Supreme Court marriage equality case.
Ten years ago,
Jim Obergefell and his husband took a lawsuit all the way to the Supreme Court to fight for same-sex marriages like theirs to be recognized in all 50 states.