The Maine Marriage-Equality Story That Will Break Your Heart

In the video above, 68-year-old Joseph Stackpole reflects on his impending death from a rare strain of  leukemia. Stackpole and his partner of 16 years, 70-year-old Richard Johnson, were wed in Massachusetts but the lifelong Mainer wants to survive long enough to see same-sex marriage passed in his home state. “Suddenly your life could end any day,” Stackpole says, “and you’re leaving behind a husband who depends upon you and loves you.”