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Marlon Reis (born July 1, 1981) is an American animal rights advocate, [1] writer, and first gentleman of Colorado. He is married to the 43rd governor of Colorado Jared Polis. [2] He became the first same-sex first gentleman in the United States following the inauguration of Polis as governor on January 8, 2019. [3]
First Gentleman Marlon Reis. In his role as First Gentleman of Colorado, Marlon is a champion for the natural world, promoting awareness of the interconnections between people, animals, and the environment.
Sep 17, 2021 · Gov. Jared Polis of Colorado married his longtime partner, Marlon Reis, in a traditional Jewish ceremony on Wednesday, the first time a sitting governor has had a same-sex wedding. It was...
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Sep 17, 2021 · Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and his partner of 18 years, Marlon Reis, were married on Wednesday, according to a statement from the governor’s office.
- 'As I Was Growing Up, Marriage Was Not Even in The Realm of Possibility'
- The Wedding Happened on A Significant Date and at A Meaningful location.
- A Pandemic Proposal
As recently as 2014, same-sex marriage was prohibited in Colorado. State lawmakers first put the prohibition in statute, and voters then went further and enshrined it in the state constitution. That changed when federal courts started striking down gay marriage bans, beginning with a ruling in the 10th Circuit Court, followed a year later by the U....
Polis and Reis picked CU-Boulder for their wedding because that’s where Reis graduated from college, and decided to hold the ceremony on a significant day for them personally: the 18th anniversary of their first date. “We went to the Boulder Bookstore and then went to dinner,” recalled Polis. Not long after that first date, they attended an annual ...
Polis proposed to Reis last December, while both of them were sick with COVID-19. Reis’ condition was worsening. "I've been thinking about it for a while," the governor said. "I'd ordered the rings, with an inscription from Isaiah, and had them hidden and ready to go. And he was going off to the hospital with COVID. I mean, I knew he'd probably get...
Sep 17, 2021 · Polis and Marlon Reis, who have been together for 18 years and were engaged in December, wed in a small traditional Jewish ceremony Wednesday, the governor's office said.
Sep 15, 2021 · Colorado’s Jared Polis, the first openly gay man to be elected governor in the U.S., married his longtime partner Marlon Reis on Wednesday. “The greatest lesson we have learned over the...
