. >> now we have greg burke up. >> i am hear with my husband and our two adopted children and we are joined by a co-plaintiff kevin johnson campton, his parents didn't quite make it but we are glad he did. what i would like to start by saying is what i think everyone should say when something good happens in their life. we need to pause and give thanks to god as life long practicing catholics that is how we feel. we feel this is god's intention and god's work and we embrace it and thank god for it. michael and i have been together for 33 years and legally married for 11 years but not until today did the state of kentucky recognize our union. so this is a watershed day for our family. it is the same for all kentucky residents all americans. it has been a long path in the 33 years. we happen -- we know people have been fighting this fight for decades. many are here today and we thank them all. we also thank so many people especially the aclu who has been so supportive of us the stanford law clinic and our legal team back in kentucky who got us started, clay daniel walton adams being on

my name is greg burke.louisville, kentucky and i am here with my husband, michael deli i don't know and my two adopted children, michael and isabella. what i would like to start by saying when something good happens in their life, we need to pause and say thanks to god. as a lifelong practicing catholic, we feel this is god's intention and god's work so we embrace it and thank god for it. michael and i have been together for 33 years. we have been legally married for 11 years. not until today did the state of kentucky recognize our union. is, this is a water shed day for our family. it is the same for all people in kentucky and all americans. it has been a long path for us in our 33 years. we know that people have been fighting this fight for decades. many of them are here with us today. we thank them all. we also thank so many people, especially the aclu, the sanford law flag and the superb legal team back in kentucky that got us started. the farber law office. we have had so much support from so many peop

[applause] >> have greg burke and michael. >> one two three whoo!re with my husband michael delion and our two adopted children isabella and isaiah. we're joined by a coplaintiff kevin johnson. his parents didn't quite make it but we're glad he did. we're just so grateful to be here. what i would like to start by saying is what i think everyone should say when something very good happens in their life. we need to pause and give thanks to god as lifelong practicing catholics that is how we feel. we feel like this is god's intention and god's work. so we embrace it and we thank god for it. michael and i have been together for 33 years. we've been legally married for 11 years. but not until today did the state of kentucky recognize our union. so this is a watershed day for our family. it is the same for all kentuckians and for all americans. it's been a long path for us in our 33 years. we know that people have been fighting this fight for decades. many of them are here with us today. and we thank them all. we also thank so many people especially the a