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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. It was...
Sep 17, 2021 · CNN —. 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. Polis is the first out LGBTQ...
- '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...
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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...
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Sep 24, 2021 · When Colorado Gov. Jared Polis and Marlon Reis met in 2003 neither imagined they would one day be married. Share full article. Gov. Jared Polis, left, and Marlon Reis Jocelyn...
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. “The greatest...
Sep 17, 2021 · Polis announced his marriage to Marlon Reis, with whom he has two children, in social media posts late Wednesday afternoon, just hours before Yom Kippur. Pictures showed the two men wearing...
