we have had so much support from so many people including evan wilson none of us would be here today without the foundation that has been laid over the last 30 years. so we are grateful to be here for the end. we have been together through a lot. we never thought we would see this happen so grateful that we are here to be able to celebrate this. i will tell you what this means for all families. our children will now be able to have to legal adoptive parents to legal parents after 16 a half years. now we will be able to request second parent adoptions and will be illegal family and the state of kentucky which means the world to us and is important for the kentucky in the country. one last thing i would like to say there is a psalm we sing in our church that starts out the battle done, that is the way we feel today. we have overcome today we are equal. we have earned equal rights to marriage and the freedom to marry for all kentuckians from all americans and i'd that's a it feels very good. thank you very much. [applauding] >> director of the aclu. >> i, everybody. i everybody. directo

evan wilson has been one of the founding fathers of the marriage equality movement. none of us would be here without the foundation laid over the last 30 years. we are grateful to be here for the end. michael and i have been together through a lot of it. we never thought we would see this happen. we are so grateful today we are here to be able to celebrate this. i will tell you what this means for our family. this means that our children will now be able to have two legal adopted parents, two legal parents after 16 and a half years of being raised by the both of us. now we will finally be able to request from the common ppwealth and we will be a legal family. there is a sang called the strife is or and the battle is done and that is how we feel today. we are overcome today and we are equal. we have learned equal rights to marriage and the freedom to marry for all kentucky residents and all americans. i will say it feels very good. >> director of the aclu liberty project. >> hi there. hi everybody. i am the director of the lgbt project at the aclu. this morning, the s

we have had so much support from so many people, including evan wilson. we can't leave him out.of the founding fathers of the marriage equality movement. none of us would will here today without the foundation laid over the last 30 years, actually. so michael and i have been here from the beginning. we are so grateful to be here now. what this means to our family, our children will now be able to have two legal parents after 16-1/2 years of being raised by the both of us, now we can request from the commonwealth of kentucky second parent adoptions and we will be legal parents in the state of kentucky. that means the world to us and it is very important for kentucky and the country. there is a song we sing in our church that starts out the stripe is over, the battle done. that is the way we feel today. we have overcome today. today we are equal. we have earned equal rights to marriage and the freedom to marry for all people of kentucky, for all americans. it feels very good so thank you very much. >> my name is james essex, the director of the lgbtq project. >> you are listening

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