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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.
- '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...
Marlon Reis (born July 1, 1981) is an American animal rights advocate, writer, and first gentleman of Colorado as the husband of 43rd governor of Colorado Jared Polis. He became the first same-sex first gentleman in the United States following the inauguration of Polis as governor on January 8, 2019.
Sep 15, 2021 · Jared Polis and Marlon Reis have been together for 18 years, and were married Wednesday in a small ceremony in Boulder.
- Alex Burness
Sep 15, 2021 · Colorado Democratic Gov. Jared Polis wed his longtime partner on Wednesday, marking the first same-sex marriage of a sitting United States governor. In 2018, Polis became the first openly gay...
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Sep 15, 2021 · Colorado Gov. Jared Polis married his longtime partner, Marlon Reis, on Wednesday afternoon. The couple wed at a small, traditional Jewish ceremony that was held outdoors with family and friends present, according to the governor’s office. Rabbi Tirzah Firestone officiated.
Sep 16, 2021 · On Wednesday, Democratic Colorado Gov. Jared Polis married his longtime partner Marlon Reis in a small ceremony. The event is the first same-sex wedding of a sitting United States governor.
