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The Couple Who Altered the Course of LGBT Rights<\/b>
\n\"JIM<\/p>\n

In this exclusive excerpt from Love Wins,<\/em> the new book by Debbie Cenziper and Jim Obergefell, we learn about the day Obergefell and his husband, John Arthur, met the man<\/a> who would change their lives — and ours.<\/p>\n

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