john arthur is suffering from a terminal illness, lou gehrig's disease. they made their trip to the alter in a plane that had to be outfitted specially to take care of mr. arthur because he was so ill. they flew from cincinnati where they live, to the airport in anne arundel county, maryland. once they were on the ground in maryland, they got married in the plane. they flew home and back home they asked a federal court to recognize their marriage. despite the ohio state ban against marriage equality. and the amazing thing is, that the court said yes. the federal court ordered the state of ohio to recognize john and jim's marriage from maryland, the same as the state would recognize any other ohio couple's marriage if they had got married in any other state. the judge cited the doma decision for the reasoning in the case. this is not a complicated case. throughout ohio's history, ohio law's been clear, a marriage solemnized outside of ohio is valid in ohio if it is valid