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>> so bad the couple sued the state of ohio and won, and a judge allowed the couple's marriage to be recognized in a state where gay marriage is banned. no federal or state benefits apply, and that could come later but the decision would mean the two could be buried together in john's family plot. >> i think it's the first chink in the armor. >> reporter: in a state to cnn a spokesman for ohio attorney general said this is a temporary ruling at a preliminary stage under sad circumstances, adding that ohio voters decided in 2004 that gay marriage should not be recognized and are, quote, entitle...

Filled in our lives. >> reporter: a few days after their wedding in july, john and jim met with a civil rights attorney. >> he said, jim, do you realize when john passes away, on his death certificate, the state of ohio will list him as unmarried and will not enter your name as his spouse? it broke my heart and then made me really mad. >> reporter: so mad the couple sued the state of ohio and won. a federal judge issued a temporary restraining order, allowing the couple's marriage to be recognized in a state where gay marriage is banned. no federal or state benefits would apply. that could com...

Had an inmate job as the visitor room photographer. >> it keeps me occupied. it keeps me from counting the 36 weeks and 8 months i have left. however you want to break it down. >> right from the start, he was good natured and full of optimism for the future. despite being incarcerated for the past 26 years. komyatti entered prison at age 17 for his role in a bizarre family plot that ended with the murder of his abusive father. >> my dad was just an alcoholic. i was like a little kid, 7, 8 years old. i'm crawled up under the kitchen table, and he's got a belt with a buckle, putting marks all ov...

And it could be a life threatening disease. he had some brushes with death and we talked a lot in the book about his sense of mortality. he has a young son, as you know, zack, and he's wrapped up and concerned, thinking about on his own childhood. he spent a lot of time in the hospital alone, listening to the noises of nighttime hospitals when he was a kid and it affected him. when he, not long ago roger went to warren to a family reunion and he took him out to the family plot and he saw that his grandparents were buried there and there was a small plot, a child sized plot in between them. and...

Sentence, and you have to understand the way that he got in this position to begin with was the regime not being honest. he came in went in tehran because people say, why would you go back if you live in america and you know we what the situation is for christians living in iran, why would you go back? the answer do that, he had a deal with the government, coming under government scrutiny in 2009 and he made a deal with them saying, they said if you don't participate in the underground church communities and in your church, you can come and go as you please because he has family in iran and it...