Heroic campaigner behind landmark same-sex marriage ruling in the US issues stark warning

The plaintiff in the case of Obergefell v. Hodges, who fought for same-sex marriage all the way to the US Supreme Court, has warned the right is “at serious risk” under President Donald Trump.

Speaking to i News, Jim Obergefell, who was the plaintiff in the landmark case of Obergefell v. Hodges , which ended with same-sex marriage being recognised across the US, said the hard-won right could “unravel very quickly” now that Trump is back in the White House.

The Obergefell v. Hodges legal battle began in 2013, when Obergefell legally married his terminally ill partner John Arthur in Maryland. After 22 years together, Arthur died of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a type of motor neurone disease, in October 2013.

Obergefell took his case to

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