Two Fathers, One Fight (Replay)

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🗓️ 19 June 2023

⏱️ 32 minutes

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June 21, 1998. Father's Day. At the Church of the Atonement in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, Jon and Michael Galluccio are ready to tie the knot, in front of family, friends, reporters, and one lone picketer. The Galluccios are already public figures—a few months earlier, they had secured the right for gay and unmarried couples to jointly adopt children. And today, they pull up to their wedding in a minivan, with their son in tow: as a family. How did this family come together? And how did their son's adoption end up changing the lives of other families all across the country?

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0:00.0	The History Channel, original podcast.
0:04.0	Hey history this week listeners, it's Sally here.
0:06.5	Today we are bringing you an episode from the archives that we love because it is about love.
0:12.5	It's the story of how one couple, John and Michael Galutio, built a family together against the odds.
0:19.5	We hope you enjoy.
0:21.5	History this week, June 21st, 1998.
0:27.0	Father's Day.
0:28.0	I'm Sally Hone.
0:31.0	At the Church of Atonement in Fair Lawn, New Jersey, there's going to be a wedding.
0:39.0	A crowd is forming outside, people cheering for the couple to be.
0:44.0	There are also reporters and police who brought bomb sniffing dogs to sweep the sanctuary to make sure that nothing goes wrong.
0:53.0	One lone picketer holds a sign that reads,
0:57.0	There are no gays in heaven.
1:00.0	Repent.
1:03.0	John and Michael Galutio arrive at their wedding with purple-tipped orchids pinned to their lapels.
1:09.0	Technically this is a holy union ceremony.
1:13.0	Same-sex marriage won't be legalized in New Jersey for another 15 years.
1:17.0	And technically, the Galutios had already marked their holy union.
1:22.0	They'd held a private ceremony the night before at a nearby church, surrounded by their family and friends.
1:29.0	But the Galutios still want to have this ceremony.
1:33.0	In front of not just God and their loved ones, but the press, their supporters, and the picketers,
1:41.0	because the Galutios are already public figures.
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